The Irish standard., 1900-11-24
IRISH=AhERlCAN HEROES ARE
WELCOMED IN CHICAGO,
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Botha, so that he would not have to
protect the government, Scottburgher,
the vice president, assuming command
of the government.
"a day later the English flying col
umn pressed close from Dalmanthia,
where our mounted men got them in a
trap, killed 500 and took the same
number of prisoners.
'"Then the English tried to force
their way to Gutenberg, where the
Beers held them back for three days,
moving them down with the Long
Toms, canister and grape. 1t was a
horrible sight to see the blood running
in a stream over the corpses of the
slain. Some traitor showed the Eng
fish the way around the kopje, and the
Beers had to retreat. 1t was then de-
cided by Botha to commence guerilla
warfare, so the commanders were di-
vided into small bodies.
"4As we had 10 horses we crossed
the Portuguese border and went to
Lourenzo Marques, where we were
well treated by the Portuguese. AS
the English consul had a triple guard
around his house during our visit the
Portuguese thought it better to have
us go on board ship, so we took the
Lloyd steamer Syria to Trieste, Aus
tria, went to Hamburg, sailed for New
York and here we are"
When Lieutenant Daily had told his
story, Tom Murray began: "Sure
with all tn fightin' there was lots of
fun. 'Twould make you die laughin'
to see a hundred of us waitin' for tn
whole English army, an the Beers
singin' and playin concertinas while
the Sassenachs wor bangin' away at
u.s."
IF an Englishman could see you be-
fore he fired, you would feel safe, for
he'd never hit you. Twas only when
they fired in volleys that maybe
you'd be struck by accident. I'd hate
to be in front of Boer, though, at
1900 yards. If he missed you he'd
look at his gun as much as to say
twas the rifles fault.
II think tn proudest day of my life
was at Machadodorp, when $50 of the
Imperial yeomanry-nearly all Orange
men wearin' the shamrock-was turn
ed over as prisoners to us by General
Botha.
'Wisha, bad luck to you,' says 1
to one of the fardowns vivid VERT
shamrock. Sure, yed get six months
in Jail for wearin' it if We wore it
before the ould lady ordered We to-
Twas proud day for us to be march
in them gazabos to quod. Eleven
Beers brought the whole push of 'em
in
Jamen v. Coyne, formerly first
sergeant in E company of the Seventh
Illinois, and one Of the crack shots of
the First brigade, had one exciting
experience, in which he narrowly es-
capped capture.
'After the battle of Dalmanthia,'
said Sergeant Coyne, ten of us, in
Guiding Costello. Carroll, Duff, Nc
Hugh, and Quinn of the Chicago
corps, had outspanned about. mile
when we lost our position. We had
mule wagon and buckled into
French's flying column of about 5000
men and held them back for about half
an hour, when some of Grayitt's COM
mando came to our rescue with POM
pom and Krupp and saved US. If
it was any one else but an English
regiment they would have wiped us
out. Just think of it-ten of us hold
ing back French's flying column, and.
all they killed were our mules.
I'VE lost McHugh and an old vet
eran of the Connaught rangers named
Paddy O'Grady. They started to
cross the Barberton road, and were
captured. French's column was going
to cut off the Boer retreat, and we
were on foot.
ut was hard going for us all the
time. Roberts was advancing with
10000 men in the Free State, and we
were trying to check him with 5000.
There was no reserve for us. We
were always on the fighting line, and
the Beers were generous to lis and
gave us chance to do all the fighting
there was in us. After BrandfOrt
and on account of Elandslaagte, we
had orders not to spare the lancers
or ''pigstickers," as we called them,
and the order was obeyed. The COM
missary department was well con-
Quoted. We had beef or mutton on
the hoof all the time. Everything was
Communicated, and orders given on
the Boer government for it. The other
side did all the stealing"