Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-15
ODD ITEMS OF THE WAR
Interesting Incidents of the
South African Campaign
A DEADLY BoER sHARPsHooTER

How He Killed and sew
eral British omcers Praise For
Narses-A Joke ON the Boer~Ba-
den-Powell on Watch Explosive
Bullet. of the Boers-
Lord Ava was shot while leaning
over d rock attempting to get q shot at
a Boer sharpshooter who had been pay
ing particular attention TO a party Of
officers en- a small kopje near Wagon
hill. says the Pietermaritxburg CORE
spondenr of the London Daily News
When hit. Lord Ava exclaimed, I'm
done" aud fell, The same Boer put q
shot through Captain Fowler's hat and
MORALLY wounded Lieutenant Pake
man of the Imperian Light horse lie
tenant Surgeon Hornibrook. b bubon
lc plague expert introduced from indis
by the T~ransvaaI government. who
showed such conspicuous gallantry on
several occasions during the earlier
part of the campaign, vas slightly
wounded in two places and his uni
form was toru by Boer bullets in five
other places Captain Wales, attached
TO the volunteer staff. was hit III the
leg. He got under cover and then put
his leg up TO prevent hemorrhage and
was shot in the same limb, neithe,
wound. fortunately. being of a serious
nature.
DR.. Frederick Treves. who recent,
left the London hospital TO join tn,
medical men at the front. writes an In
teresting letter from Frere to the Lon
San unSraSraI Govnffa DaSerifinv TN.
medical work done after the battle OF
Colenso, DR.. Treves pays a notabl.
tribute TO the four nurses In the camp
He says:
II should have said that two Netley
sisters. one an old London nurse
joined US just before we left Frere
and better nurses and more devoted
women | never met. They worked
night and day. and their work was OF
the very best. Poor Tommy may MOI
think much of the 'orsepittle' a.
Chieveiey. bur | know he will neve:
forget the four women who stood b:
him after Tugeia and tried to max,
him comfortable. They never rested
They gave him oil they had. their VIZ
ter bottles. their handkerchiefs. AM
even their mattresses TO lie on. Thei-
very presence among the dead an
lying was something. and they though
If means of giving relief that woult
not have occurred to us men. | sup
pose they are the only women VIII
have been really at the front In thi
war. Two are old London nurses. an.
III our are four of the best. and tn.
whole nursing profession of Englant
has every reason to be proud of them
A story told ny an officer who L.
serving with Sir Redvers Butler In o
letter to his friends at home prove
hat all the 'slimness" is not on tn
side of the Beers aud that Colone
Raden-Powell has not a monopoly o
that much priced quality on the Brit
;sh side, Some bright spirit in II
Ladysmith garrison conceived a pla
for inducing the Roers to waste som
of their nmunifi writes the corr.
spondent of the London Daily New
During the night n number of me
were taken out to a small kopie an
set to work TO build a fort Befor
dawn they retired into ~L.adysmith. l
was not long after daybreak that tn.
Boer gunners caught sight of the new
fort and began pounding away at ths
empty works" When night fell. tn.
damage was hastily repaired. and mex.
morning the Beers renewed their can
nonade: but. apparently suspecrins
that all was not right. they ceased fir
ing after a time. ~whereupon. to coTnfor.
the Boer gunners. an ambulance party
went over to the kopje and returned
With some of its members as killed
and wounded" in the wagon Thert
much amusement over the way il
which the slim Boer had been trick
ed into a waste of precious anmuni
fion.
The following is an extract from G |
letter which the gallant defender OF
Mafeking recently contrived to get
through the Roer ines. says the New
York Post:
Here | sit in my bombproof bureau |
writing these letters. Around me Is |
communication with each |
one of my outposts. AT each of these |
outposfs a telescope keeps constant |
watch on the Boer outposts and guns
AS soou as II is seen which way theii /
is about to be directed the wfr, |
are set to work. and n
with which each defensive quar
ter is provided. clangs in that part OF
he town where the shell is about IL
fall. and all in the pen AT once go Il
The ground like rabbits. Generally
speaking. most Of us. unless duty takes
US out. keep pretty close during th.
day. but We come out n take the ali
night The Beers usually fnisl
pounding US toward evening or jus
send US a few shells before the SUI
down. ! have 40 Fenian prison
ars- including the late station master
Of Mafeking. all of whom were rather
more than suspected of treasouabIt
correspondence with the enemy"
What Lord Kitchener is doing mas
best summed up in two stories tia
Ire going the round In regard to him
The ST James Gazette. IL is sal
hat be was asked the other dat
whether he did not propose TO reor
the transport His reply. was
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