New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11
" FIGHTING MAC"
STORIES OF GENERAL MACDoNALD'S
FEARLESSNESS.

From The London Mail.
Acknowledgement Hector Maedonad-%Fighting
b e the Tuck r % ooW him. a.
Hector Macdonalds career is too well known TO
Reef So Gasg6w Some e say his
Omdurman days 1t is nothing but splendiid rec,
appearance he looks just the vigorous soldier ne
anent fa TO carry Si all shef his
with a square, upright and downright look about
Regular Contour and the straight fearless eyes
one Of his countrymen sac OF ,a n' noment When
the march was on. or the battle going, become
Ra iig almost relentless The cheskbones are prom
nent at the base as well as at the top they n Sag
You think nix Of, of the tramp Of armed men VINO nave
Macdonald has never forgotten Majuba Though
taken prisoner on that unhappy day he RENAMED 70
sistance, ne was at last unarmed and a couple OF
ran at him met then Tsen wb backs ns
Finding him so hard to tackle, they were ior put
ting bullet through l,5 his head but Boer with an
NO" he said this is brave man, and we snah
s sPdsf him Let us take him prisoner an na1
lust that touch of genius which distinguishes the
great soldier from the good one. Undoubtedly he
Of work he has been through in the soudan making
remen from mud probably no one b but tba tbe
new Egyptian army W It's 4d to e al the
Atbara and at Omdurman.
He is a stern discipinarian, sparing man, him
soudanese and brown FGippy' who ever followed
him into battle for he is a leader after their own
hearts AS to the affection with which his fellow
officers regard him. General Hunters charming hit
tie message to the Macdonald banquet in London
MY best love to Comrade Acknowledgements Tor
itself.
In spite, however, of the warm liking he inspires
in those above and under him, it is record that
some of his dusky Soudanese once mutinied against
him. Macdonald's method OF dealing with the out
break once again illustrates the man. His regiment
had of necessity to make long forced marches under
the fierce desert SUM- and the conditions We're so
hard that the men became mutinous. One day dur
ing the march Macdonald overheard two or three
OF the native soldiers saying, Wait till the next
fight, and / will take care that this slave-driver
shoot him.
Macdonald recognized the men by their voices.
called a halt and sternly ordered the culprits to
step out from the ranks. Facing them he cried.
in the next fight. Why wait so long? Why not do
1t now? Here l am, shoot me-if you dare!
The rebels grounded their arms in Sullen silence
why don't you shoot" asked their colonel
Because don't seem to care whether you die
or not" and that reluctant answer explained the
diers. There more grumblng, and the same
men, and others like them followed him devotedy
through the battles of Gemaizah, TOsk. Afait
Ferkeh, Atbara and Omdurman
his excitable and chdlike Soudanese battaIons
and in the anonymous "Soudan Campaign" just
published by Chapman & Hail. is a one.
After the Abu Hamed fight Colonel Macdonald
had soundly rated the men who began the indie
pendent. firing without orders. Well one night at
in the courtyard around his hut. walked up by
black soldier properly dressed In drill order with
out When asked what he wanted he said:
My battalion Is very sorry that you are angry with