The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-29
STORIES FROM SEAT OF WAR.


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go. A couple of seconds after ! could
hear them pitting at him. and then his
groans FOR about a minute. ana then ne
was quiet. About this time the sun
began to get fearfully hot. and began
10 feel IL In the legs, which are now
very painful and swollen, besides was
parched with thirst. Most or the
wounded round me had ceased groan-
ing by this time. AS IL began 10 get
dark, ! managed To ,wriggle my Dody
through the shrub further back. ana
after / had been at IL for some time, on
looking up, found myself right N
front " another entrenchment or tne
enemy They sent a few rounds al me,
but they struck just I'm front, ana rico
chetted over my head. After plt' IL
getting darker, ! got up ana walked
back. and there was nothing but dead
Highlanders all over the place.
NO DIsGRACEFUL DEFEAT.
The following letter has been re-
ceived from "a private in IL Company
2d Royal Berks Regiment 10 MS
mother. Mrs. Carpenter or TMyioru'
describing the battle OF Stormberg:
| suppose you think ] was frightened,
but ! was not. never cooler IN my
life nor felt in "A happier humor than
about the first 10 minutes OF the nght,
until I saw few poor fellows knocked
over But 1 should like 10 see the man
that could go into action FOR the hlsI
time and feel the bullets ana SheHa
dying over and around him Wlthout
feeling bit timid. Every man ! met
said tho same, but afterwards the men
were working as on a field day or bet
ter II was not "A disgracetul
beat no British soldiers. l should
think ever fought better or harder
than we did The men shouted Tor the
General TO let them charge again when
ne gave the order to retire but ne
said enough lives had been lost al
ready. No one blames Gen. Gatacrc
for getting into the trap Every one rs
willing TO stick 10 him and go up anu
have another so al the brutes.
BEGGED A DRINK.
A sergeant in the 1st Balloon Sec
tiun, writing tl his relations about the
fight at Moddcr river. observes:
/ shall never forget the sight i had
some narrow squeaks; the bullets got
as close as my coat. The troops We're
fairly exhausted with heat ! would
willingly have given any money Tor q
drink \ major came To me and begged
a drink from our section; he said ne
had not had bite or drink for two
days / have not had my clothes OF
for six DAYS now, and have tn lie down
anywhere on the sand and rock with
rifle and ammunition by my side. We
captured four Beers with their COM
mander one of them asked me for
chance. | gave him one. and he was
lust going 10 fire at me when ! dropped
him. We are living on biscuits ana
timed meat. which seems a luxury
Sometimes we cannot get anything, /
4, Ial accommodating
this morning and could see the Beers
with the glasses bringing i'm stores ana
forage I have been up in the balloon
several times and ! could see Kimber-
ley qufte plain. The captain has just
called me to his tent and given me
small bottle Of Bass ] nearly tainted
at the name when he asked me IL !
would like one.
10. 900 BULLETS.
Writing home 10 his parents. priv
ate in G. company. Cd Royal Highland
ers. gives a description of the attack
on the Boer entrenchments at Mayors
fontein. The letter is written from DE
Aar Hospital:
Ten thousand bullets second came
into us from about 50 yards in front.
our Irritation being in front we went
down like corn before a scythe TIE
word was given To charge. and | drew
my bayonet TO DO SO. when it was
smashed into three pieces bv the hall
of bullets flying around. However,
was about to charge with my rife
alon~ with my comrades when ] felt
Ia stinging pain in my leg. and after
hobblng n few wards L felt-exhauste ed
from I,ss OF blood. and fell to the
ground 1t was We'll | did for when
our men got 70 tSe trenches they en-
countered barbed wire entenelements
and had -. ~otlre Glad to say