Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

british commander of the Victorian
ezra, his celebrated forced march to
Randahar constituting one of the fin
4est feats of English arms in modern
ftimes.
Lord Frederick s. Roberts was born
Tn 1882 and was educated at the Royal
military College at Sandhurst He was
only 10 years old when he went to In
.dia and entered the Bengal artillery as
IA lieutenant Here he labored I'M
Nnown to fame until the Indian mutt
ny, when he was attached to the col
a1mn which was sent to attack Delhi,
the forces of the rebellion. The posi-
gfioH of the small British force before
ithe capital of the instruction was for
months a perilous one. Fighting was
ssof daily occurrence, the mutineers hav-
sing an inexhaustible supply of ammu-
milton. Roberts came under fire for
She first time In a sklrmsh, when eight
OF his party were killed and thirty
wounded. Soon afterward, In another
of the engagements near the walls of
the city, the young lieutenant was hit
by bullet near the spine as he was
helping the drivers keep the horses
quiet while limbering up the guns. A
Feather pouch had somehow slipped
behind his back and prevented the bull
tet penetrating deeply.
At the Relief of Lucknow.
After the capture of Delhi Roberts
Joined the army of Sir Colin Camp
bell, which advanced to the relief of
lucknow. When the relieving army
got close to the rebel lines outside
lucknow Sir Colin, wishing to let the
British commander, Outram, know Of
lhls progress, wanted a flag raised on
the mess house. Within plain view of
the mutineers, Lieut. Roberts climbed
TO the top Of the building and, amid
n rain OF shot, raised the flag on the
T1urret nearest to the foe. 1t was shot
away, and he replaced it. Again it
was shot away, and he raised it again.
But 1t was not for this deed that Rob
serts won his Victorian Cross. That
was done at Khodagunge, Jan. 2, 1858.
He saw In the distance two sepoys go
ing away with standard. Putting
spurs to his horse he overlook them.
They turned and presented their mus
kets at him, and one of the men pulled
the trigger. 1t snapped, missing fire,
and the sepoy was cut down by Rob
>erts' sword. The other mutineer rode
away, and the young lieutenant
brought the standard back to camp.
The same day he rescued wounded
scomrade under almost similar circum-
stances.
In the years that followed the mutt
ny Roberts saw almost continual serv-
ice. He was at Umebyla, in the from
tier campaign, in 1868; in 1867 he had
charge of the embarkation of the force
for the Abyssinian campaign. In 1871
and 1872 he was the senior staff Off
Ger in the Lushai campaign, and from
1875 TO 1878 he was Quartermaster
general. All his promotions were "for
merit"
1t was toward the end Of 1878 that
the great opportunity of Gen. Roberts
career came to him. The Ameer of
Afghanistan rebelled against the au-
'1hority of Great Britain, and Roberts
vRaas sent at the head OF the army to
ssnbdUe him. He carried the enemy's
stronghold at Peiwar Kotal with a
sspLendid rush at odds OF almost 10 to
L The next year the news of Sir
sI1suas Cavagnari's murder In Kabul
chorrffed all England, and Roberts was
,cziled upon to lead another ayenging
force. With 5000 men he cut his way
straight through the hostile land, and
lin thirty days placed the British flag
:above the citadel of Kabul, after rout