New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11
THE STRUGGLEIN SOUTH AFRICA


again. formed up and got into line for the roll
silencedead siienceSwas the only answer; when S66
and when some ssl of our gallant Irish comrades
failed TO give response then the grim reality OF .he
God that We were safe and thought very sadly Of
b e c0Inraaes dead wounaee an iss f9 eI hicb
We had just escaped
GOOD WORK OF THE CANADIANS.
"The Standards correspondent at Modder River
gives the following glimpse of the Canadian con-
| tingent:
her over" and Similar commands and exhortations
sRa % he train was e bns
boarded BY the Gordons going e up 70 the front The
Canadians had arrived the day. before from De
glsted mile and quarter & railway and nd built gnat
su IN Is h pay nd the
Of these sons Of the north handling sleepers and
Working in way sy' that white men seldom work in
o the sp in of 0osft Which
| all ranks and sections Of the British force now
| fighting the Beers
Bennett Burlegh. In 1.-THE Daily Telegraph" adds
the following details to his dramatic account of
the battle OF Colenso:
General Butler is stern ashtsr an indOnits table
neo sh gall snd to
him to let GO have seen him often IN , battle
aa his gs
ssab sv hs a coens
that as things had shaped themselves, the contest
on decided f to stop the action me- Men
sacrificed, more would fall and the Boer position
could not be taken before nighfall.
LONGS GALLANT TROOPS.
Dealing once more with Colonel Longs daring
but unfortunate artillery movements at that battle
Mr.. Burlegh writes:
shrapnel and the machine gun fired solid shot at
but the % ME Rf h or bes%
Load Nay more some Of them in Gerf0n began s
shot of the machine cannon Running aside, they
would make 45ls catch and call. Hows that I'm m
gunners spirits, but their guns were all the while
Wylie rang and Kissed with the rush, burst and
spiutter of shrapnel unsteadyng and thinning the
Der fell struck dead within quarter Of an hour
through the arm and body Bullet passing through
his liver and kidneys, He was carried aside two
erai Of the Devons and others There, wounded as
e1 rifle Long d o eo3s for ee
was difficulty about quickly finding either General
Colonel Hunt next fen: shot through both legs
were being shot down very rapidiy-for the Boer
fire was by that time increasing Colonel Hunt ad-
but Longs characteristic reply was: Abandon be
Colonel Hunt called attention to the fact mat i
was no firing. There were scarcely any men
was given to abandon the guns. which, for over
m h0s pgst In Of hs them
was not over for four persisted in serving two
guns and remaining beside their cannon. One OF
either pair carried the shell, the others laid and
fired their beloved 15-poUnders But two men were
left They continued the unequal battle They
hausted the ordinary ammunition, and finally drew
upon and fired the emergency rounds of case their
last shot Then they stood to Attention." beside
h pou sRd an aer M ss b
light of all my experience in war, these gunners Of
ours are men who deserve monuments over their
graves and even Victoria Crosses in their collins.
TWO DARING ESCAPES.
Captains Herbert nd Ftxpa roda with or1a~.
to General Clery, and returned to the batteries
during the action Herbert had his horse shot; IN
fact he had three horses shot that day yet him
self escaped unhurt. Captain Fitzpatrick rode ont
twice with orders In the end these two Offices
found themselves in the little donsa with many
more wounded and unwounded. Colonel Long be-
delrious, constantly repeating: 'Ah, my
gunners! My gunners splendid. Look at them"