The Hartford herald., 1885-02-18

structions AZ above were approx ed AL d
| forwarded October S 1854, when the
now in communication with detach-
ment of the British forces, by means of
steamers running on the Nile, and the
success of the expedition, so far as its
avowed object is concerned, assured.
Gordon can be rescued, it appears.
just as soon as he wishes to be rescued.
General Her bert Stewart, it is true, has
done the hard fighting necessary to what
has been done, but his superior planned
the march through the desert which re-
suited in two victories to British arms,
aud virtually the rescue of Gordon.
Gen. Lord Wolseley comes of an old
family, the Staflordshire Wolseleys, Of
Wolseley Hall. He was born July 4,
1888 and is the son of Maj. q. j. Wolse-
ley, of county Dublin. At the age of
nineteen he entered the army as an en-
sign, and the same year, 1852, first
smelled powder in the Burmese war.
Al the storming of Myat-toon he led the
party which first scaled the walls, and
was severely wounded in the left thigh
by rifle ball. Returning TO England
he received honorable mention in the
dispatches. At the outbreak of the
Crimean war, in 1854, he landed with
the Nineteenth Light Infantry aud
served i'm the trenches as and Assls-
tant Engineer. Conspicuous service in
the attack on the Qusrries, in the
assault of June 18th, and in the third
fourth and fifth bombardments of
Sebastopol won for him repeated men,
ton in dispatches. On August
30th, 1854, while he was in charge of
the advanced line of sappers, the Rus
slams made a sortie, and i'm the ensuing
skirmish Wolseley received such inju
ries TO his head and face from splinters
of stone caused by round shot strik-
ing a gabion, that not only was he
compelled to retire on the sick list, but
his eyesight was considered for some
time to be in peril. But this calamity
was averted, and he once more Joined
his regiment, and was wrecked in 1857
in the Straits of Banca while proceed
pg In III. M. $. Transit to China
During the Indian Mutiny he took part
lin the relief of Lucknow, in tthe siege
and capture of the same place, and in
defense of Alumbagh by Sir James
Outram, together with the several en-
gagements which took place In connec-
tion with that struggle. After this he |
was in Dude width Sir Hope Grant, to |
whose force he acted as Quartermaster. |
General. He continued to serve in India
during 1858 and 1853, and i'm 1860 served |
upon the Quartermaster. Generals staff |
during the Chinese wal, and was present
at the taking of the Taku forts. When
difficulties were threatened between the |
United States and Great Britain owing
to the affair of the Trent, Wolseley was
sent to Canada by his Government. He
afterwards visited the Confederate
Army. Later, in December, 1862, he |
was engaged in putting an end to
troubles i'm the Red River Settlement. |
When general was needed to con-
duct the war i'm the Asbantee country, |
Wolseley was selected for the honor.
The manner in which he carried OH the |
campaign proved highly successful, and
upon his return to England he received |
the thanks of both Houses of Parlia-
ment, grant of e25,000, and an offer
of "A baronetcy. This was declined. A |
special mission to Natal i'm 1875, a brief |
experience as ad interim governor of |
Natal and u member of the Indian |
Council, and IA residence in the island |
of Cyprus as High Commissioner and |
Commander-in-C Chief, after the Earl of
Baconsiield annexed the island i'm 1879, I
are the next incidents in his career. /
The Islandhwana (or Isandula) disas- /
ter in the Zulu war, caused the British ,
minister to send Wolseley out to take
He found the war nearly |
over on his arrival, but he used all the 1
powers he possessed to settle the ques- /
tions relating to ii. From 1874 to 1876 /
he was lnspector-G sneral of the Aux
iliary Forces, during which period he
made himself popular with the volun-
teer soldiers of the United Kingdom, AN
army of civilian troops numbering
about two hundred thousand men. The .
bombardment of Alexandria, July llth |
and 18th, 1882, followed by Arab Bey's |
retreat into the interior aud threatened |
serious resistance by the rebels against
the Khedive's Government, led to .
Wolseley being again entrusted with