The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-18

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/ e"'S has BEEN appearing IN the I.uIaI
Papers during tn" last few day. Bennett
kurle.Shs splendid description nr the hath
"f Colensu. which uas caf,!,d il, plrl p,
the Associated Pres Is not one lii lin,
man the account NJ Mtrcrsfour.ir h,- ID.
correspondent Of She Daily Ncus. Ane
tracing the terrible loss suffered by th,
Highland Brigade AZ MagorSfout,in. ih,
ifhIy NewS's correspondent THIS writes c
the burial Of General Wuuraopc.
Three hundred yards 10 the rra- ~ N,
IitiIe township ot MoGd,r River. JUS, a.
u" sun was sinking In hl,ze - African
N'i'AGor. or the evening Of TUESDAY. IA.
I'm %! December a long shallow .,-:,v,
| I.H exposed in the breast Of Ih.. v.i!f T,
/ tue west the broad -ivej. friul,,i with trees
an an ilurinurlEsly. and eastward TIE heights
sun held cy the enemy. Scowlpd rn,.rl,.r.r...
~ north and south the yrItt uutt,I,t,l
| peacefully
\ few PAGES to the uorthwar3 or thar
grave Nifty dead EiehlanGers l4v dressed
Is Is 'hey had fallen on the field of battle.
~ Had followed their chief TO the Held.
anu 'hey We're TO follow him to the grave,
How grim and stern those men looked ae
they lay face upward 10 the sky. with gr..a,
| h"EGS cienched Iu the last death agony.
| anu brows still knitted with the stern Inst
| "' NE strife in which they had fallen Tie
I N''A- ~ every Ett.E44nt =.
| i+iFeSehted there. and as | looke.i our Of
! tnr distance came the sound Of Tho n,,,.s.
| II II was the General coming {" ioiu his men.
mere right under the eyes Of the eueDlv-
| "Neu ~ Win SLOW and solemn tread all that
.e -.L&ai"ed OF the Highland Rrisad- In
| t'"'4t OF Them walked the chaplain with
| Dared head. dressed in his robes az ofIIr..
! men Came the pipers. sixteen in all. and
J tti-Iu them. with arms reversed moved
saiia s '.iISn1ets. dressed in all OF their re-
| 80 OI tEeif regiments. and in their midst
| rades. '''' vi MS 'O'l-
Flowers of the Forest
;se Oes :s,Se s%eIled The pipes to the strains Of
Lt'ud ana high until the soldiers had ,,.nt
| nstch IN naughty defiance and eve fjushef
stnoush tears ike sunlight on steel: now
SihSIiS TO meaning wall Eil,r vro,',.-
mourning her first born until The IN. ,,r,,,,i
nediS dropped forward TIL they rosie, N
utet'lhs chests. and tears rolled down the
sYoS broke through the solemn rhythr, -,
the march of death. Right Up 10 tb.. ,.rsqy-r
ei'eE haicEed, then broke away in colnI,a-
/, MES until the General lay in tn. shallow
! sIdFe WITH a Scottish square Of armed men
around him. Only the dead mans son pyI
a. sfilai remnant Of his officers stood WITH
tlle chaplain. and The pigcrs wh.l, tn. SOL
enin services OF the church were spoken
- Ihen once again the piper pcaled out
i-oehther no More. cut through the still
IIeS9 IKE a cry "i pain unit! one could al
most near the widow in her Highland home
moaning for the soldier She woiI! rAl-.r,..
DICK no more. Then, as If touched b, 80
magic Of one thought the soldiers turned
th"lF tear-f:lmp eyes from the still form IN
u" Shalow grave toward the heights
49, W. rome; TIE lion Africa. auu his
so!dlerS stood. Then every check filtsha!
crimson. and the strong Jaws set lfka sreaI
ana the veins on the hands thai ClaSp.,d ,ha
rife handles sWe!lpd almost 10 b,irstine,
with the fsrvor Of tho grip and that IgrL;
from those silent, arno-! mon spoke rnnr,.
el"quentl: than ever spoke the tongues NJ
orators For on each frowninE face tin.
s!lirit or vengeance sat, and .a"n sparkling
eye asked silently for blood. God help ~.
hoerS when next the Highlander pihroch
sounds! God rest she ROsrS' souls when iha
tiShland hayonets charge, for nethar
death nor hell. nor things above. nor thipsS
tsiow, will hold the Scots back from their
AT the head Of the grave. at tho point
nearest the enemy. the General vas laid
TO sleep. His officers gathered around him.
EhiLe IN lin" behind him his soldiers wcTa
laid in double row. raped I'm their
blankets No shots were fired over the dead
men resting so peacefully. Only tho salute
was given and then the men marched camp
ward as the darkness Of an African night
rolled over the far-stretching breadth nf
ITO the gentlewoman who beara tho
.JeneraFs name. the Highland Brigade send
I@neir @ deepest sympathy: to the members
wives. the sisters and the sweethearts in
the cottage home by hillside and glen send
love ana good wishes-sad their Christmas.
every womanIy heaIt from Queen Empress
TO cottage girl let their memory lie, Inc
which the disaster overlook the Highland
bflgade who died at Maeersfontein."
The Disaster.
The same writer thus depicts tho way IN
which the disaster overlook the Hghlan-
erS.
psdient that the Highland Rrgado about
400 strong. under General Waurhor-,
sshouid get close enough to the lines of tho
Zoe TO make il possible to charge tho
heights. At midnight the gallant General
moved cautiously through the darkness
StDWLrd the kop1e, The R"ers were strong
~ lntrehChed. They Were led by a guide !
VINO was supposed to know every inch of
ne NJ country out into the darkness Of an |
t1,,t AIticaH az nlsnL me brigade marched In /
lns OF quarter column, each man sterpiug ,
cautiously and slowly. for they knew tfr,f /
any sound meant death. Every order MAS
E!Nen IN "A hoaTSe whisper and In HhieDors &
II was passed along the ranks frorl man 4, I
man. nothing was heard as they moved to .
ward the gloomy stccl-frontrd heights INT {
the brushing of their feet ir, IN. veldt I
grass and the decp-drawn brcalth hs Of The /
marching mpn-
the morning Of Monday. Then. out of ths .
DARKNESS rife rang sharp and clear a (
h"raid OF disaSter-a soldier had triprsd in /
the dark over the hidden wires laid down
by the enemy In a second I'm The ty-ir,I,Iirrr
Of an eye, the searChlights Of tho Tlo.sre 81
.. oi a gao asa clear as INC MONDAY sun on the
rafks or the doomed IiighiandsrS though /,
left the enemy concealed in the shad,ws az
me froWninG masa of hills behind them For
IN pii III nh!htil 'h2 scots seemed p.r-
alNzed by the suddenness of this discovery
for they knew tina they were hudflod to
etIhSr Ike sheep within fiftv wards of mo /
trenches of the enemy. Th"n rlosr ibo,.,
cral. W INV ''"'
STEADY, men. steady'
, LIKE an echo To tho veterans out cana |
IHe crash 0f nearly & thousand rifras rot !
nf'F races from them. The Hichi3nra~s
rtelHi nS:ore the srcnkjjkc trees heFnra
wild hail Of lead. General Wauchona 80
down, rlddl"d with bullets yet gasr,ir,.r !
!FinE hlf"dl1E from every Voin the I1ICh !
lhid chlettain raised himself on his hands /
a'!I Nlets ana ch"ercd his mon forward.
- M'n and officers fell i'm heaps together I
The Black Watch charged ana IN. do !
dnns ana the ScaforthS with a veil tbat Z
sllirI1 the Hrittsh camp below. rushed IN |
afd-on"ard TO death or disaster The
accurSed wires caught them yorIrd Tho los :
until they houndsred like traprod wolves
ana Al! the time the rifles of ;he foe Gang
tn" song Of death I'm thoir ears
They Fell Back
Then they fell back. broken and beaten T
leaving nearly l.%n dad and wounded lus,
where IN" broad ir"aSt of the grassy weld,
neltS into the embrace of the rugged srri-
'an hills, and an hour later the dav-rinc
'afl'' of the GrcaTieSt day that Scotland has
known for a generation pas. of her
nftc"rs. the Hover of her Chivalry th.,
.fide "f her breeding hut few remained 20
tell the tale--a sad tale truIy-apd nnn
with dishnnnr or sniirch.i with
disgrace. for up those heights under similar
''rcGnsta noes even brigade of devils
'"uis' s.'aroe have hoped To pass. All that
mortal men could do The Scots I'D tho {
lied. they failed, they fell. and there is
nothing left but to move I'm for |
hem and avenge them.
''All that fateful day oar men Law close
to the Roer lines under a blazing sr,n. ov.,. ( :
g. hF 81 n frfa A