New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-03
THE CAVALRY CHARGE AT LANDin'''
COURAGE or BRITISH OFFICERS IN A HOT
FIGHT.


slmla correspondence. The London Times.
Tn. following accoun, Of .he cavalry charge at
IN. action OF iandlkai. In the swat N"l''y' q" N"-
t,si Il VIII he read with Interest: ,.,a
While the artillery were sh,, Ing mi move
mrnt Of GENERA, Mekle)ohns brlgad. W. "r a.,s
completed thc rlds naS o,rrfy w. n'ose for
ward When the enemy bi"hr ,hc "u'u ,,., into
their Way along narTS v the me that the head
Of the leading squadron had emerged on 10 .,'e
plain the enemy were airsnI meter Which they
knew was to be found In the distant nus. ~"
pursuers started without m"9 hs,ore ,hey had
tsLnn refuge where cavalry would be unable 10
punish them and as they advanced me sau nron
ahead and the sowars being gradually ou'pa AT
Captain Paine. and leu,enan, .r,a We cnlop li
Adams and Lord Fincastie. and as the enemy were
approached cconc Adams pTahs eeS on 70 his left and
take shelter in a clump Of trees which stands some
nf,y Yards from the foot Of the hill where the en-
nmy had taken refuge Unfortunately this order
was unheard by Captain Palmer; ana y, r,, ana
Greayes rode straish, INTO inr S nder NV very heavy
fire from thos. on the hill. Poor Greavcs was shot
amos, instantly ana len 10 sna once in to
rescue him from the Ghazis. who were hachn.
with their swords ahis proStrss body ts %"y wa as
killed and he himself received bullet , tu VIC
dashed no the Ghazis retreatcd from the body and
hegan Nring AZ them from "A distance OF about
twenty yards while the enemy on the hl also
horse was shot and several bullet holes were iouho
afterward in his saddle. and his scabbard was
Shattered nv a ball. How he and Colonel Adams
escaped appears miracle. Lord Fincastle now en-,
eavored TO raise poor Grcaves's body on to colonel
Adams's saddle, but found himself unable 10 40 So
and a rush OF Ghazis coming down the hi,l az we
right TO intercept them Lord tlhcant'c 'nrn
dropped the body and stood over II unt'l the ar
rival OF two sowars. While one OF the latter was
Fincaste
pa ssed through his chest. and II was TINS mat
killed him as he had hitherto been breathing.
though unconscious All this time Colonel Adams
az he could from the hot fire kept up by the en-
envy which now killed one OF the sowars horses.
Meanwhile Lieutenant MacLcan, having guided
the remainder OF the squadron under cover Of the
neIghboring cump Of trees. dashed out 10 me res
cue with three sowars Two horses were at once
shot: Lieutenant MacLean dismountcd. ana with
raised on to "A sowars saddle and borne safely
away All now made OFF toward the trees. Lieu
tenant MacLean and Lord fincaste on loot ana
on the way the former was shot through both
thighs. was helped under cover. but ded almost at
once from loss OF blood. Colonel Adams's horse
meanwhile wounded. and he himself received
a sword cut In the right hand. Thus tho losses dur
ing the few minutes which these events occupied
were two British officers killed ard two wounded
and four horses killed and two wounded. Both
Colonel Adams ard Lord Fincastle displayed great
courage in their determined rescue or poor Greaves
unhappily dead under n very heavy fire NJ 80 short
. range and the GOODNESS OF the former while
resolutey protecting the Others far lay in his
power by interposing himself between them and
the Ghazis. cannot be too highly praised.
ut IL impossible to make an accurate estimate of
the enemy's losses during the battle OF LandikaI
II first put down at about one hundred and
Gus villages and from Buncr from which 1t would
appear that they must amount 10 several hundred
as might indeed. he expected from the heavy
ti!lery fire to which they were exposed