The times., 1899-11-05


danger and added more glory 10 their
brilliant record. In the engagement before
Glencoe they advanced with ringing rous-
ing cheers. and. according 10 the accounts
received from there. fell like an ava
lanche against the enemy and swept over
The kopjes. bayoneting the broken enemy
In all directions"
The name Of Gordon has for centuries
been associated with gallantry and strife,
and in the days of the border feuds il was
said OF them:
The Gordons guide in English blue,
They dipped their hose and sh0gn-
The Gordon Of today has no battle cry
like Bydand." which his ancestors
shouted Justify. but he is still a Gordon
guide, and fights like the early members
of The band who neither gave nor asked
for quarter.
IL is less than two years since the Cor
don HighlaUders attracted the attention
Of the whole reading world by their dash
and galor and the story Of the storming
OF Dargai Ridge will never be told without
reference to the heroism OF the Highlan-
ders- II was in this engagement that.
when ordered 10 the front by General
Kempster, Colonel Matthias rapidly formed
his men and said:
Men Of the Gordon Highlsndersi Our
general says that the position must be
taken at all costs. The Gordon Highland
ers Viii take it,
Piper FIndIater's Herofsn.
The officers sprang into The open, the pip
ers struck up Cock of the North. and
with a shout the leading company Of he
Killed men were in the fire zone. Among
the first TO show the way across the deadly
strip Of ground which was being churn-
ed by the bullets Of the enemy was PIPER
Findlster. animaung his comrades with
The stirring. familiar strains. and Cock
OF the North could be heard above the
rattle Of the musketry until shot trough
both legs laid him low Even then the
piper would not give up, but propped
against a boBIder he continued to play
AT one time il seemed that the Gordon
Highlanders would be annihilated, but men
spraug into the depleted ranks, and with
cheer The mixed troops, led by the High
landers. streamed on, and the enemy see
ing that their barriers had been swept
away left their rock batteries and fed
But il was a bloody victory. and the Ger
don Pighlanders suffered most.
The origin Of the organization has been
traced TO the Duke OF Gordon. who. with
regiment. This was in 1884 The Duchess
rode over the lands Of her possessions.
dressed in striking Highland costume and
called upon the young men 10 enlist S4e
went 70 the county fairs and. according To
an account Of The organization. she
placed a shilling between her lips inviting
the 'gallants' 10 advance"
4 regiment over one thousand strong
parsded al Aberdeen in June. I794. and
when the men passed through Londoa they
were inspected by King George. That
year The regiment received its co OTIS al
Gibraltar. -Four years later they he ped
10 queu the rebellion in Ireland, and then
they were sept TO Holland. where they did
effective work. II was there that the Cor
dous conquered Egmont-op-Zee. and fought
and Won 2 battle in which both sides used
only the bsyoneJ
The sphinx Emblem Won i'm Egypt.
Their next duty was in Egypt. where. on
the bloody field Of Mandora. under Sir
Ralph Aberer0mbie. they received the
sphinx emblem on their standard and the
word Egypt
They attracted much attention al the
funeral OF Nelson. after Trafalgar. and they
lined the streets OF London again at the
Queens Jubilee.
They were praised repeatedly by Wei
lingUon. and their oOlors bear the names CT
nearly all the Peninsular battles. At
Corunna six Gordon Highlanders carried
Sir John Moore OF the field. and the Off
GERS Of the regiment wear black cord On
the collars OF their tunics 10 this day in
memory Of that fatal field.
Al Quatre Bras the GordOns lost their
gallant Colonel Cameron. and al Waterloo
they we're in q great measure responsible
for the defeat Of the French Their yalOr
al that time was the subject OF many pic
tures. and the Gordon Highlander was
looked upon as a conspicuous hero IN that
memorable encounter. The Highlanders
We're cul down 10 200 men by the murder
Gus FIRE but they charged in their old style
z French column Of more than 1000 men.
As they broke into il the Scots Grays, d
famous Scottish cavalry regiment, dashed
up 10 theiT support. The GoTdons gTaspej
the names and the stirrups Of the charging
cavalry and were dragged into the midst
OF their enemies. shouting the cry, Scot
land forever" and by this charge the
French column was completely broken up
and scattered. The broIherIy feeling which
began on the heid of battle al that tine
stiH exists between the Two organizations
and the GOrdons are known in the English
army as the -ScCts Grsys' wives.
After the peninsula the regiment served
an Jamaica, where many officers and men
04E4 OF gEllBA AGseI- j ues arrived al me
front IN the CTimea the day after Sebasto-
Dol fell the Russians the wags said al the
time. having heard that the Gosdons were
coming.
They saw no var service after that until
1873 when they tOCk part in the Afghan
Wzr They lost many men 10 the battles
Of CabuI and Kaldahar. and ID was in this
campaign that Majoi-nOW GeueTaI-Sir
George White. and Captsin-uow Lieu
Jcnant Colonel Dick Couyngham won
the Victoria CrosE. Ia 1881 the regiment
lost many members on Majuba Hill and
after that the G0rdons became the drst
battalion Of the Seyeuly-hfth Regiment
The Record Of ths. seventy-afth.
The Seventy Regiment was raised
originally in 1857 as the seyenty-afJh
Stfiingshire Regiment OF Highlaaders. The
men wore The kilt for twenty years. but.
owing to the lack OF Scottish recruits. they
reverted TO the ord mary dress OF the lnfan-
Try CT the line However. they retained
evidence Of their Scottish origin by wearing
diced gleugaTTy. Distinguishing them
selves al MysOre and Seringspatam, the
Seventy-nfth began their glorious record
Buffeted about as they were and afterward
attached 30 the Dorsetshire Regiment. they
served IN every part OF the Empire Ia the
Indian mutiny three Of their members
gained the Victoria Cross and before Delhi
so great was the slaughter that the Sew
euty-fffh Was led 20 the assault By a ser
Eeant and a corporal Taking part in the
relief of Lucknow. they covered themselves
with glory before the walls Of thar be-
lezguered toWu and by their gailantry