Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-12

experience as a war correspondent
Certainly. 1t was ten years age
that I went as correspondent for the
Daily News during the Franco-Ger
man war. | was very nearly killed
during the German entry into Paris,
/ saw all the fighting at the time Of
the commune, including the taking o.
the Grand opera house aud the taking
down of the flag that ioated from the
summit. After that | was in India
for six months during the famine.
suffered intensely. People used to BET
on whether Sir Richard Temple or l
would get suustruck first. Sir Rich
ard escaped, but | received a severe
sunstroke and have mover been the
same man since. After that | was ia
quite another part Of the world
[ watched the incubation oil
of the new Spanish republic under
CASTELAR, and went with General Con.
trorar when the Carlist war began.
accompanied the royalist troops
dBdlinl lut OdIilcNn. u duc DlOCh
ade OF a town called Vich, in Catalo-
MIA, which no enc had entered for six
weeks. | was taken prisoner as |
came out by DOrregaray, the Carlist
general. with whom | remained some
time. found the lively Carlists Of.
fered Inc more material for cOrrespon,
dence than the sluggish republicans
When the revolution occurred aud
young Alfonso was put on the throne
of Spain, | accompanied him from
London, serving with him until the
end Of the campaign against the Car
lists. | next went to SerVia and went
through the whole Of the war between
the Servian and Turks, and brought
from Delegrad the latest news of the
final catastrophe Ofthe Servians under
Tchernayoff, My next trip was to ac-
company the Prince Of Wales to In
dia.
A CAMPAIGN WITH MACGAHAN.
"Then, in conjunction with Mr.,
MacGahan. ofthe New York Herald
| served with the Russian troops dur
ing the whole of the Bulgarian cam
paign up to and inclusive of the Sep.
tenber attack on Pleyna. After lee
turing in England during the winter
of 1878, | accompanied Sir Garnet
Woolsey when he went to occu-
py the island of Cyprus.
Immediately after hal | went to the
pening of the campaign in Afghanis-
tan, where | telegraphed to the vice
ROY. and commander-in chief the
earliest news Of the taking of Ali
musted. During a short visit to King
Thebaw, at Mandalay, | received a
mysterious telegram, DO the Zulu
war | didn't know there was a Zulu
war; nor did | know where Zulu Land
was. However, | soon found out and
reached there in time to accompany
the invading column under Lord
Chelmsford. After the battle Of
Ulundi | rode from the battle field
to the frontier, a distance of over one
hundred miles, to wire the news Of
the victory. / am proud to say that |
am the Ouly English correspondent
ever mentioned in formal dispatches
by an English general for conduct 10
the field, having thus formally re-
ceiVed the thanks of General Tyler
for havings single- handed and under a
heavy fire, bandaged up the wounds
of injured soldiers in Afghanistan."
"You have been in the army your
self, have you not?'
Yes | was five years in the royal
dragoons-irst as a private and then
as a non-commissioned officer"
Did you ever see any service? p
The only service [ saw while in
the British army was in some political
riots in ireland, where | was knocked
of my horse with a brick"
Mr., Forbes, at the end of the inter-
view, expressed himself delighted
with New York and with the kindness
Of his reception.