The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
MANY CANADIANS HAVE
 WON FAME ON THE
 BATILEFTELDs OF EUROPE

" nile the conflict in South Africa marked the beginning of Canada,s of- IAc1a1 participation in the foreign wars or the mother country, indivfduaI Ca naolans nave won fame and glory in PIactlcalIy every struggle in which hing1and has been engaged for more than century. The roll of British military heroes includes the names of scores of men of Canadian birth. One oI the greatest of these was Gen. Sir " 1ll1am Faenwick Williams, who swas born 1n Nova Scotia, IA years ago to- day, December 10. 1900, and who gained immortality as stthe hero of Kars,'
 The defense of Kars, in Armenia by Gen. Williams, during the Crinean war, was one of the most gallant esx :. p1oits in the history of armed com bat Great Britain. France and Tur- Key were then allies, opposing Rus sla- Gen. Williams, with g. 000 men. was shut up in Kars by Russian army of 10000 infantry. andA1O. .00o cavalry, commanded by Gen. Moura- vieff. The siege commenced on June Is, 1855, and continued until Novem- Der 18th. The defenders had provi- sfons sufficient to last three months, but ammunition enough for only three days of fighting, but Gen. Wi1lians was determined to hold the place. The sufferings of the garrison were very great, as cholera. broke out among them, and deaths from the disease were of daily occurrence. By the uaid- de of September the supply of food was almost exhausted, and the men were put on limited rations barely sufficient to keep the alive. By the last of September the Russian general decided that the defenders. were so wasted by disease and famine as to be unable to offer any resistance, and he ordered an assault. Feeble as they were, the defenders of Kars beat back the Russians. who were ign onino11sly repulsed with a loss of 5000 men. Mourav1eff then determined upon a policy of watchfu1 waiting. and, after a. month more of starvation. Gen. Will Hams capttulated.
 Mouravieff proved to be a magnan- imous enemy, for when Gen. Williams made his offer of surrender the Rus sian eomander replied:
 "Gen. Williams. you have made yourself name in history, and posterity will stand amazed at the endurance, the courage and the disci- p1ine which this siege has called forth in the remains of an army. Let us arrange a equalization that will sat- isfy the demands of war, without dis gracing humanity"
 For his heroic conduct at Kafs Gen. Williams was made a baronet, with the title of Sir William Fenwick Williams of Kars, and granted 3 Iib- era1 pension.
 Another Nova Scotian who gained immortality by his heroism in a siege was Gen. Inglis, a. native of Halifax, who mnaanded the garrison at Lucknow during the Indian mutiny. A few days after the beginning of the siege, Sir Henry Lawrence. the com mander, died, and Inglis succeeded to thes command. For eighty-two days he held back the mutinous hordes, until Sir Henry Have1ook raised the siege. Inglis was made a. major gen. eral and Knight Commander of the Bath for his enduring fortitude and persevering .gallantTy.
 At Ba1aklava Canada was repre- sented by Lieut.. Alexander Dunn, of Toronto, an officer of the immortal Light Brfgades He was the first na- tive of Canada to receive the Vic torfa Cross. At Waterloo Capt. Alex ander McNaIb, the first Canadian to hold a commission in the British reg uIar army, was among the heroic dead of that historic battlefield. Tn the Boer war many Cana dians won fonors and were praised in the dis patches, and four Victoria Crosses were awarded to native sons of the Dominion