The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-18
NM DISASTER CANE
TO The BRITISH TROOPS
Thrilling Stories Of Battles in South Africa TOld by
War Correspondents in the Field.
fc FATE and Pathetic Burial Of General Wauchope Who
Was Sent Into the Very Jaws Of Death


80 work in the way Of oescriD-
BID. -s-fr- ever done by British cor
u'- +s--s has been appeaTlng i'm the
T~ rarrr7 fu the last few days
bli-- HrrlafrhE splendid descrlp-
br-- +rs hattie of COlenso, which aas
u.' a 5- mart bv the Associated Press,
Guy. --. nfr finer than the account OF
j. -5f.r-.fr 6y the cOrTesp ohdent or
A-raHr News After tracing sle ter
.t-- r--. suffered by the Highland Drl-
i' ,- g-4eer=f0uteiu the Daily News
'gsr.nTant thus writes OF the burial
- General Nauenope.
-,T-r.a hundred yards to the rear OF
Oh. TtrI. township of MOdeel River,
40 the sur was sinking in blaze
~ african su.aEd0T on the evening OF
y -+st- fr. 18th of December. q long,
-..rre- grave lay exposed in the breast
-5s tafEt tn the west, the broad
o. frrral with trees. ran murmur-
~. fl fra eastward the heights, still
III bv fa. enemy. scCWled menaclnS-
i -r-th and south the Ve!dU uu3u-
81 r-aee-uIly- A few PAGES to The
-..br4rI of that grave nifty dead
Ir-5rarFars lay dressed as they had
t-Hzn ON the field of battle.
Follow LlLlcA 10 GAaNCs
.r,sy had followed their chief TO the
st5 an. thev were to follow him 10
y. crave How, grim and stern those
IN lacked as they lay face upward
- tba Sky. with great hands clenched
81 The last death aELny and brOWs Still
i--i.+sI with stern lust of the strife in
Which they had fallen
..TH- uIGiGs dear to every Highland
Inn rsr. represented there, and as I
,-E4f out of the distance came the
srrl Of the piper; IL was the general
r-rfrg % join his men.
There. right under the eyes Of the
.r.mr moved with slow and solemn
,rrd an that remained of the High
r--5 BRIGADE. In front of them walked
n eHsuIain with barred head. dressed
h his robes of office. then came the
r-z-s with their pipes, sixteen in all,
lr7 behind Them with arms reversed, /
rrrFl the HiEhlaEters, dressed In the
rrs of their regiments. and in their
mist the dead general, borne by four
st bis comrades
Piped a Funeral Dirge.
cont eUelled the pipes to the strain
NJ tine Flowers of the Forest. until I
fr5 uEiers heads went back i'm haugh- /
tr defiance. and eyes flashed through /
tears Ike sunlight on steel; now sing I
irz 20 q moaning vail like a woman
v1ng her nrst-b0rn. until the proud .
heads cropped forward till they rested .
an having chests. and tears rolled /
down the wan and SCARED faces and /
tie choking s0bs broke through the I
smn rhythm of the march of death. f.
Right up to the grave they marched, (
then broke away in companies until the /
general lay in the shallow grave with
O Scottish square of armed men around .
him. Only the dead mans son and
snail remnant of his officers stood with +
The chaplain and Pipers while the sol
gH services of the church were
81 Eal
Then once again the piperz pealed
U L0gl.ver No More, which cut
. Though the JeaJhIike stiffness like
cry Of pain. until one could
. almost hear the bereaved widow in
Dr. Highland home moaning for the
she would welcome back no
U-e Then. as if touched by the magic 4
o. one Thought the soldiers turned their
tl--Iauu eyes from the still form in
--- shallow grave toward the heights
Where Cunia. the lion of Africa, and
ts soldiers stood
Spirit Of Vengeance.
Then every cheek flushed crimson. /
md the ST-U- jaws set like steel. and
One Veins eD the HANDS that clasDed
Dr. U..a handles sWeiled almost TO
busting with the fervor of the grip.
an. that look from those silent. armed
nm t6e more eloqueDJIy than ever
81 ae lae tongues of orators. For on
e-.- EHEn.E- face the spirit of ven
same san and each sparkling eye
la.i silently for blood
E- re.r the Beers when the next
H-al#r -.bruch sounds. God rest
le Beers souls when the Highland
s charge for neither death. nor
I'LL -r ll.Us1 above nor things be-
. hold the Scots back from their
bind tauf
a Tho head of the grave. at the
- -.ar-st the enemy. the general
@ .a sleep his officers grouped !
-- him. while I'M line behind him
> s.s were laid in a double row.
".s.- Boz their blankets.
sa..s were fired over the dead
I .--H- SD peacefully. Only the
- Vas -Ireu and then tine men
s-s- cam Nuar5 as the darkness
--.H night rolled over the
'-- 1--.NL- breadth of the veldt."
How Disaster Came.
me Inc same writer thus depicts the 1
7 81 .lI.r .ua disaster overlook the .
a--s- During the night il
u. --I aLUedient that the bic
- Brigade. about 400 strong.
H-l.-. NaUehope. should eel ,
- -l -H the lines of the foe TO J
t.-- .--.." r1 charge the heights.
r...---. ..s -al-aEL general moved !
r---. through the darkness to-
A.. where the Beers were ,
.- '-. auusnched.
y--. .aH led hy a guide who was d
...--.- u. l-.W every in-n of the :
s-.- ... into the darkness of an {
+ - The brigade marched ?
s-,- quarter column, each man
rt a--E and slowly. for ]
dam - any sound meant Z
H.s--. ~. ... order was given iu d .
r...- -.- and lu whispers it was p
man -.- . ranks from man to ! i
r---..r $3.50. heard. as they moved
-Ea ..rv s-l-l- --1-.,..4 I
b ... brushing OF their feet
..-- grass end the Ieep drawn :
' --- ...--.hfrz mon 4
Tie Iarcb to Death.
r---.-- uaI o'clock i'm the !
-...-- - -.r Tnan one of 10
e. r.--.s . rang sharp and clear. q
-r#-.. -a soldier had 3
v.-.. FL. -." dark over the hidden :
I'D. low. .E the enemy.
O.. -r. E." The tWiukIng Of an !
i-.F .- of the Beers fen
sr -r. -.. S the uOouday sun 7