The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-29

III force sent TO South Africa last
III autumn. and the Highland
III brigade commanded by Gen.
ANDY" wauchope was per-
Ny ne finest body OF its class ever col
~ under q gallant leader. That the
~ ,<ianders would gain fresh, imperish-
~ genown IN the second Transvaal war
~ have been safely predicted. and
q iSelr first real collision with the enc
y ,sded In an almost overwhelming dis
- We do not yet know the exact
s1,cu which led to the massacre OF the
kianders at Magersfontein, Lord
S1sen's dispatch notwithstanding: one
~ alone Ia incontestable, that they ap-
11oe8ed n position strongly held. in the
- and IN n close formation, and were
I'll decimated by the enemy's unex-
1ol are. They died like heroes. their
updd general at their head, and when
- ohattered remnant was drawn off
~ but a shadow OF the brilliant body
n1h had gone up to the attack. Since
~ Hateful day. under new and no
= fannous leader than Wauchope, Hec-
~ Mcdonald and thanks TO the I'M
mried exertions which have refilled
- ranks with officers and men. the
INLAND brigade has already won fresh
Krrejs They may be said to have led
Y Lord Roberts Free State campaign
M diversion created In their attack
Koodoosberg. and undoubtedly they
n<y1buted largely TO the supreme effort
IN finally shut in CronJe and paved
" wy to his cnpitulation. All the High
~ regiments. however. were not in
- In Macdonald's brigade, for one
ninli0n OF Gordons had been employed
47n eorps troops, and another battalion.
I'd with which White himself served.
~ shut up with their old chief In the
f61yDmith ENHANCEMENT" 1t Is with
ng four Of those gallant Highland regi-
~ that I propose 10 deal here: the
~ Watch, the Seaforths. the Cor
~ and the Argyle and Sutherlands,
4 n them killed corps with the most
ndld traditions of any regiments In
y najesty's service.
espIoss Record of the Black Watch.
Mare were In ancient times two bat
rnns Of the Black Watch. one tho ORR
~ regiment, eventually numbered the
yosfy-second." the other raised later
y ~ second battalion. and having for
bog time an independent existence as
- seventy third. 1t Is this last named
~ Il tho representative OF the Royal
AlAnders tthe official designation of
y Black Watch) now I'm South Africa.
lvas distinguished In early Indian wars,
Doc1ally In the heroic defense of Man
1wA whom $50 white troops and some
- nativcs held Tippo Sahib's army OF
~ II bay. for quite nine months. It
y defense that equals tho more re-
~ glories OF Ladysmith, Kimberley
= Mafeking. This fine regiment. no
~ killed since 1906. was at Quatre
~ and Waterloo. ~ the Seventy third.
y gained tho dukes especial praise.
\ resisted In square no less than
nfaen charges OF French euirassiers. II
\ much fine work subsequently In kaf-
nnd under colonel. afterwards Sir
IMAM Eyre. In the Amotalas. and was
n1Fing on the march irresistible In the
I'm. and the traditions OF tho regi-
lnts will always associate II gioriously
- 0oufh Africa.
NJ elder battalion. tho more famous
rwp-twos." owed its origin to tho ge-
~ Of william Pitt. who saw the ndvan-
i'm os turning tho warllke Highlanders
enilitary uses. A. early as i7ss num-
II Of Independent companies had been
wnnised 10 be employed In police duties
1esush the Highlands. When Pitt car
~ out his IDEAS tho king. Georse IL.
|Kn the command 70 his sturdy heuten-
|w the Earl OF Grauferd and Lindsey,
~ although Isowlander. was Willingly
stepsrd as chief by officers and men, all
4 ISLANDERS. and many of them persons
II 03atc ana eood fPnNes
Their Pride Is Historic.
MY held their heads high, as the fol-
tsinr story proves. A little later the
Ia wns anxious TO see a true Highland
4. and two especially fine men. Gregor
t1rsxor, commonly called Oregon. the
sautlfil." and John Campbell, OF pan
pvw, were parnded before him Ihcy
vsnt through their exercises with tne
ksaasword and the Isochaher ak 10 ths
nat satisfaction az the sovereign. who
a Aismaeing them, ordered that each
An should receive a guinea Tho proud
kxs. thinking this dcreEatory 20 theli
kxius, handed the money as tip 20 uls
r,sf OF the palace gate as thcy went out
After this the Forty second were EN-
afkeA ana went cheerfully 90 Flanders
where their prowess at Fontonoy wa
wsy marked. especially In covering M
t@sreat Then IA America they shAfed y
~ reverse az Ticopdcroga; nut soon sam
new h0uors la the West indies. AZ NAl
tssaue ANA 10 the capture ~ the teNN
y. they helped to wrssi SAnSaa tsou
~ Frsnch. bat were unable, for all thci
uior. 10 check the uprising 81 the AneTl
sAh eol0ntsta, and their subsequent Dec
4ntion q Independence, Holland asAin
rxspt. AZ Aboukir, ana Alexandria, nes
u Cerunna; at Kalcheren, laid low y
ssslsnglal fever. then spain In the cease
4 be conflict with the French. when VA
sAay eAdod Ia the aifeAt carnage AZ guar
Sss and Waterloo.
he later war service OF the hlNV'
Watch has been always gloFleus' The
&se been aghting incessantly IN IN
erHea. IA Ashanti. Al Tel 81 hehsr' o
y Red soa httorai. az 81 feb and IAiaa
Hast Of an. in the Nile expedition. an
the nerce aght al klrhekAn, ah9N
Assii the "Forty-twas" have ever Dee
tsensoss a. they will always be again
yasa EsrsosIs SSsfrisrss ubiffed.
fso famous rtStmeuts are now easte
tie general tltle 81 the SsAforsh alsf
xsesss, one the old SeNcnts second. .
seke q AleAny's own, after inc baA
Yegk OF that day. who WAS also APaN
Albany. she other the Seventy -esgat
Y kcsshire Bluffs the latter being W
Ss<ssSasatisa seAforths In South AfFsci
scsh wera originally recruited Ia ~
csss elan Mackenzie. and both we're raj
~ an Earl 81 Scasorth. the head
~ Mackenzie The seventy >setor
NStly snoush arst numbered the seNel
v-ssghthi btgap iife Ia lg7i, the sevenr
%Ash. the Rosshire Buns. that il TO sa
e years later and both were soon e
nxea IN the constant warfare az y
~s'ed. The Seventy second began In Il
~ against Tlppoo Sahlb. and Was LAT
art Of the expedition which nnalsy ca
~fsa the Cape OF Good Hope from q
eateh. IL remained at tho Cape for maj