The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-31
African Incidents
Little Stories of the Great
Boer- British War.
LoRD AvA's CALAMITY.

! LORD AvAS CALAMITY.
I A private letter from q colonel In high
/ command at the battle OF ElandslaaSts
/ (says the London correspondent OF ths
! Scotsman mentions a stirring Incident
Lord Ava son and heir OF the Marquis
/ Of DuTerin. reaching the camp at Lady
smith. found himself unattached For
/ time he belonged to the Seventh Lam
H GERS. but has left the regiment Deter
/ mined 10 see some fighting. he oescuEhs
/ his friend. Colonel Ian Hamilton. TO taks
him on his staff as gslloper. The cell
/ oneI consented. and Immediately General
| French led out the little force. recon
noitering towards ElandSlaagte. Here
| was a splendid opportunity for the young
| galloper. but a fundamental difhcalry
1 presented itself Iard Ava had no horse.
| and Colonel Hamilton had none 20 lend
/ him
| However, he was not going 20 % OUT ot
| Il for the matter OF a horse Rihs IN
| hand. he did "galloping" on foot. carry
| ing orders 10 and fro for hours during
the not day HIS last instruction was 70
| convey 10 the Gordons lying down on ths
weld, under the traH Of shell and rife
I
confessed that when ne came up with
them he was so out o. breath thai he
could hardly pass the word. By way o.
ress after the mornine work. and as a
nice quiet way % regaining his breath.
he Joined the Gordons on that iauntleSs
attack on rocky ridge every line manned
with death dealing Beers When one
ridge was carried at the point % the
bayonet Others loomed W behind &.
Lord Avs came out OF the FIRE unslnged.
The tale o. comrades shot on either slda
OF him is one OF the saddest catalogues
Of the war lie told Colonel Hamilton
that through st all nothing struck him
so much as the grim imperwrhability OF
the Highlanders fighting their way slow
" up those terrible ridges. They knst
TO fire" ne sais, as coolly ana delib-
erateIy as II they were on parade"
THE BosR PRISONERS
The Penelope. on which tho Boer pris-
oners are confined, IS. the old irouelsd.
now dismantled. which took part In The
bomhardment Of Alexandra She IS an
chored close IN shore at Simons Town.
In a well-sheltered part OF simon's Bay.
which, In turn. Is a part OF False Bay.
about a dozen miles from Cape Town.
The vessel Is open 10 the visits OF prison.
ers' friends for four hours each day. and
the privilege has been very freely used.
especially by the lady members OF up
country families. Mr. Hofmeyr. the IA
nous Bond leader was ione OF the cart
lest Cape Town visitors
\ correspondent Of the Cape Times
notes "how large proportion Of the
prisoners not only speak English. bat
speak It nuentiy. and with a less pro-
nounced accent than s. % % heard
among the Afrlkanders in the coioA
The prisoners who have no friends
lounge about the decks smoking. ener-
geticslly play qdous or busy themselves
purchasing trinlng manufactures
and so forth-from the Indian traders
Many OF the prisoners are smartly at
tired in weli-cut tweed SUITS others wear
clumsy garments uneslrly veldscheons
Cshoes made OF untanned lasthcri and
broad SLOUGH hats-I.ondon Chronicie.
HOW SPIES ARE EXECUTED
you can hardly realize what an aw.
ful thing e battle g." writes a gunner On
the Royal Field Artillery from Orange
River. The most painful thing % see
was Dutch SPY. who was caught try
ing 90 poison some horses and who vas
reach the latter place the troops had 10
low was marched 10 his own Erave lie
was stood over 81. and then there were
twelve soldiers marched out. who had %
pick up rifles out % group ~ twelve.
There were six of these loaded and Elk
uuIosded 20 none oftthe men knew who
shot him The poor chap never said
word Il was an over IN few mlautss"
London Daily Mail
SIXTEEN HOURS SLEEP
A private Of tho First I,sicsstsr RsE4-
ment writing from the hospital az wyu-'
berg. sends hts sister AZ Nottingham an
account OF the battle OF Dundee and the
subsequent march % Labyrinth 70
rech the latter place The troops had %
make a long detour. covering Re SAYS.
about 80 miles altogether. eve arrived
IN Labyrinth she letter proceeds.
meet piuable objects roslinR shout
with tire fatigue. as We did H0t haze
twelve hours sleep su TIRE way. when
We had a hair q an hour tho men fast
dropped down 30 the mud and Nsnt -
sleep. Arrived a. our destination Z risgt
sixteen hours without waking once
London Daily Nail
GENERAL GATNCRE AND THE CAT.
Here S. story O; General Gsfasres
Foot Not laHe after he Joined the rssi-
ment be turned out H3th ere company -
zhIch Pc wss attacaed 20 wtfnsss tbs
aorglng ~ a s5iSisr n. nae. sha hsd
been convicted ~ a s.rl9us oSsas~. and
vas later - ~ 6r1mansd our 20 fas
coTps. took bis panisArnsa' haflF.
screaming r. great deal Ensign Cat
srre shut hfs eyes saf furur5 vhifs n
tfe face a. tho8Th ~ VouIf fsirt.
Wien fse runlsAr1ent v0 over hs re-
rarkss ,5 biz csser-seTasant. '+If -
mgch more q tais. ia sea outr' Tes
reGlisa. ~Youu set ussf - y
"a tira@. t!-' +-t-s~1 % it7 lrn ssfs
rsrs- shars' responded tha snsigs
Fl8rxins SRI rse s-rny wss soon ab9Hrhss
hox yer ard fhe f4fsrs general frnaain-
81 r. tHc sersler -1<sns7n Chfanf-is
GENERAL CATACgsf-s PHWoNITTow
General Gafs~rs Seems - have hsa
serle ars-~orIf5a1 e trssrerzFT ,zfaf-
.r1s t.essrs aa ,sft r. geth Area
sear ttst tsay ~ taa bsf9rs snAaTs-
.ar 80 reaarkss 'o q military srle1s fAas
our forces were FER ~ sug Hsrsns gosns
- an easy tasz sr ssrh Afriea- ~lt sss
20 cal4s f,sr la So sassse.- - o.
se-ae3 st g 80 - steru WarE
against gre Peers. zss I eaa ssu pa
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