Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-02-28
FAMOUS SCOTTISH WARRIOR

a>eaAente n Ceasral Hector
ala.s 0rllliaas Cases
.Eirhtinx Mac" as General aeceo
Macdonald. commander OF tne ne
land brigade. recently wai
pursu,ar General Cronje N ~
RIGA Ia an~ectionateiy known among 90
soldiers and people Of the hr'tiso g"
pire, stands today In the front ranA "
hat army. which has seen lev careesss
n .nv. ~ romantic ~ his. Born o.
,in,ple crofters In the old red VA
atone the grit OF that geosog-
,ca, formation and a natural genius to-
war have raised him from the ranks
with a speed almost unprecedented
II IL almost exactly 10 years ago sinee
,h. then Lieutenant Macdonald expert
eucsd what be recently called the aad-
des, day of Ills life In the British o.
feat on Najuha Hill He waA one OF
the few TO escape from that bloody
oeld on the brigh sunday of Feb. u.
1881. His company had been almost
annihilated. and young Macdonald
owed his life To the generosity or .
Roer whom he had just down.
General Colley had been killed. and the
Young highlander. untouched in the
hours OF nghtinS. was II grips with
three sturdy ~eurghers> Two Of them
he had felled by sheer physical force.
and the third leveled a rifle at him
when a OF the assailants from the
ground shouted: Don't shoot. He's
too brave a man TO Kill. Let's take him
prisoner"
n. a TAI hnA
run away from his apprenticeship TO q
draper TO enter b army, He had os'en
instructed TO cur some cloth. and his
employer was so displeased by the re-
suit that he asked the boy whether he
had cut II with a spade. NO" came
the prompt reply: with a shovel" and
then. for the only time In his life. Mac
donald was seer In retreat nj b lou
BILE quick.
His frst fame was achieved In The
Afghan campaign OF 1879. h Lcrd
Roberts praised his Goodness. judg-
ment and gallantry'' in his dispatches.
says the New York Herald. In COM
mand Of a small hill b~iockhouse. with
63 Gordon highla nders and part Of .
Sikh regiment. Macdonald learned that
Afghans were lying In walt to cut the
staff to pieces. He found them 1000
strong on a steep hill and defeated
them. SO thar Lord Roberts said. But
for his excellent services on this oc-
casion II might probably have been
impossible to carry out the programme
of our march,"
Then. when the famous lash to KAN
dahar had een completed. Roberts
presented a sword to Macdonald. with
his personal thanks. and AT the q Of
the war offered the choice OF . COM
mission or the Victoria cross. the COM
mission being promptly chosen and OBJ
tanned nine years after enlistment.
entirely In active service aud
the winning OF honors In Egypt. He
participated in the belated Nile expedi-
ton Intended for the relief of Gordon:
he won the order of Mcdjidil In the
Suakin campaign After Tokar he OBJ
tanned the medal OF the distinguished
service order. aud his majority In 1894
In the battle OF Omdurnan he won
his name OF Fighting Mac" and r.
vailed Kitchener as the hero of the day.
II Is said that he disobeyed an order to
retire. with the retort. We are here to
light. not TO retire" Many expertaL
iar0od info1vu
wise would have been 4 defeat. and
great were the honors showered ON
when he returned TO England.