The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-14
AFTER THE BATTLE.
Incidents Of the Last Campaign
in Egypt.
= BRAVE MANS LAST WORDS.



The men had hcen ssifFerinx g feasfuslv
from thirst bsfore they reached the canal
thai saw some OF them drinking TIE blood
that ran out OF wounded cameas. When we
had drunk our Oh al canal water, the s.As-
serrisar" was sounded and the roll was
called, when many q poor fellow had to be
marked rs ''sh@enen Men told one another
OF their adventures. narrated their escapes.
and had time nov 10 examine their bare legs,
from winch much skin had been lost in fall
Ing into and elsmherinr out OF the trenches
The most remarkable escape remember
was that OF . color sergeant who Was look
inT al the enemy through q hsnocular
when buiie. came along, shivere.i the
glass. and then dropped spent into his
mouth, srom which he spat II with the loss
only OF q couple Of teeth. Some OF us were
detailed to search the Egyptian camp 70
make sure that none OF the enemy re-
manned lurking in il A guard vas set on
Arabs tent. through which had PASSED
in the advance. and had xnatched outlet
from The table. little voting 20 whom tent
aad food bad belonged. had the lack 10
chance on a small shed fuil OF melons, nuts,
bottles of eau De coiogre. tins of Turkish
tobacco and boxes OF cigarettes. filed my
water bottle with eau de cologne, my hav-
ersack with cigarettes. and with tin OF
tobacco and bottle OF eau de cologne in
my hand. went in search OF my captain.
lie was not 20 be found in the tent Of
which the officers had taken possession.
and handed the eau de cologne bottle 10
major. an Irishman, who swallowed thu
contents neat ~ gulp. and then ex-
claimed, ioly Iasus, isn't that good
stun y TO the great amusement Of the other
officers. Presently | met my captain, to
whom gave the cigarettes, and showed
him where he could get xll he wanted of
lemons. tobacco and eau dc cologne; he
gave me sovereign for my trouble.
Volunteers were now called for to 30 and
assist the wounded. made one OF the
party. and started well equipped with pipe
in mouth. haversack full of cigarettes.
water bottle full of eau de cologne, and
plenty OF water. The sights OF the battle
neid were gruesome, now one looked at
them in cold blood The artillery had
wrought fearful havoc. I remember one
heap OF twcnty-four corpses. some blown
absolutely into fragments. others headiess,
others with limbs Topped of. Some Of the
dead Egyptians were roasting slowly an
they lay; their clothing had been ig-
nited and was stili smoldering. A
man OF the rifles came siong. drew his pips
from his pocket. and Lit il 1T one Of those
bodies, remarking. somewhat brutally IL
struck me: by ---. never thought
should live to use . dead Egyptian for
light TO my pipef' In the outer trench
our dead and wounded lay more thickiy
than those OF the enemy, bat in the inner
trenches and on the spaces between. for
one man Of ours there were ten Egyptians.
In the redoubts the black gunners
lay dead or wounded almost to
man, for they had been fastened to the
guns and 70 one another by small chains
attached to ankle letters. 30 - 70 iesve
them free 10 work the guns, but hindering
them from running away. Among them
poor Lieutenant Rawson lay mortaily
wounded; IL seemed bitter hard, after his
fine service In guiding the army. that he
who had contributed so much 10 the vic
tory should lie dying in the hour OF tri-
umph. When Sir Archibald Allison was
told OF his being wounded. be ct once went
TO see him. Didn't lead them straight.
SIR" were the dying mans last faint
words--faithful unto duty even to the end
The first wounded man | attended 10
was an Egyptian. whose means were pite-
Ouss aAfu Oh cxaaiu1tltu iNlHu MIN Se-
verely wounded in the belly. 1 poured
some eau de Cologne down his throat and
used my own surgical bandags to bind up
his wound so as 10 keep the dies from il.
Then lit cigarette, put II in his mouth,
placed more beside him and gave him a
drink of water. lie kissed nay hand and
muttered something about Allah" had
not left him far when heard the crack of
rife. and q bullet whixzed by my ear.
Looking around / saw the smoke
OF tina shot drifting away from
where my wounded man lay, and no
tieed thst he was quietly taking aim at
me again. He had time TO fire second
shot, which also missed me. before /
reached him. and bad no eompunctson in
driving the life out Of him with my bayo-
net. remarking 70 myself rs took the
weapon ont OF him for the last time, "You
won't come that game any more, You un-
grateful brutei" Many such instances OF
this treacherous hate occurred. myself
had to wipe out four more wounded Egyp-
tians whom 1 caught In the oct of firing At
our men after they had passed. To run the
bayonet into q man when be Is down, one
feels 10 be hardly the thing, and IL was
doae reluctantly. but In such cases as
have described II was . clear act OF COM