Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-18
BURIAL Of NAUCR0PE.
Graphic Pen Picture of the Funeral
Of the Famous British
General.
Correspondents Of the Big London
Dailies Portray Scenes at
Modder River.
Dead Soldiers Wranned in Blankets
Dead Soldiers Wrapped in Blankets
and Buried Near Their
Fallen Chief.

London. Jan. Is. fcprre spondence Of
tie Associated I'ress. Some of the
most brilliant work in the way Of de-
sei'iptive writing eyer done by British
var correspondents has been appearing
u the London papers during the last
few days. Bennett 8urcigh's splendid
description Of .ha nettle If Celense.
Which was cabled in part. is not finer
that the account Of Masersfontein by
the correspondent Of the Daily News.
After tracing the terrible loss suffered
by the Highland brigade at Mafersfon
siein the Daily Nsws' correspondent
thus writes Of the burial Of Gen. Wau-
shqpo:
Three hundred yards TO the rear of
gthe little township of Nodder River,
lust as the sun was sinking in a blaze
81 African speEdor on the evening of
Thursday. the 18th Of December. a long
Stallion grave lay exposed IN the
breast Of the veldt To the west the
broad river. fringed with trees, ran
heights. stiii held by he enemy.
sc9wled menacinslv north and south
tile yeldt undulated peacefully
a .ew PAGES 10 the rorthward If
Chat grave fifty dead Highanders lay.
dressed as they had fallen on the field
eli battle. They had followed their
CHEZ - the ns.Id and they were 70 toll
io>v him = tile grave. How grim and
stegn these mon looked as they lay face
upward 70 the sky, With great hands
oiinchsd h thp last death agony ard
tiolxs still Knitted With tbs stern lust
Is9f the strife in winch they had fallen,
TIE plaids dear To every Highland
clan We're Il presented there. and as l
laekta out u the distance came The
sound Of the pipes; ii WAS the general
coming - Join his men
There. right under the eyes II the
s,ss,ny moved with SLOW ard Solemn.
Tread all that renamed OF he High
Lars! brigade IN trent of them walked
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III his r,tbt-s n oitice: then came The
5pipers Nth heir pipes. SIXTEEN in AL;
AID behind tiien With arms reversed
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