Evening star., 1914-10-12


gade fought in a vast. gloomy forest
| against thousands Of wood demons.
The Black Watch was one Of the first
units to climb and leap across Arabi's
ramparts at Tel-el-Kebir September 13.
1882. And in the famous panorama
picture by the French painter Phillo-
peaux Is shown the scene on the top
of the intrenchments were Lieut.. Stir
ling fell. mortally wounded. He was
| the first officer Of the Royal Highland
The Gay dordons.
Everybody has heard at one time or
another Of the Gay Gordons. These are
martial gentlemen who rather fancy
themselves In the Boer war a COM
pany was isolated on a kopje. The
captain and two subalterns having re-
ceived their quietus, the command was
assumed by a color sergeant, who also
was killed, and the leading OF the lit
tie party devolved upon lance SER
geant The Beers having called upon
them to surrender, the reply from
sergt MSomething or other was one
of Indignant contempt. Surrender.
man! Don't you know we are the Cor
dons?" And this band Of Caledonian
heroes held out until relief arrived.
In the hard-fought campaign on the
northwest Indian frontier Of 1898 two
attempts had been made by English
battalions to storm the rocky heights
coupled by tho sure-shooting Afridis.
Then Col. Matthias turned round to his
battalion Of this distinguished regt-
ment and gave the simple expressed
order: Men, the Gordons will storm
that pass!" And they did.
Royal Irish Rifles.
The Royal Irish Rifles. the SD and
S6th. have a glorious story to tell Of
their achievements. The "a Battalian
(ssth), under the command of Col.
Stewart, fought under Sir Hugh Rose
in that terrible central India campaign
Of the mutiny. when half of the
strength OF the regiment succumbed to
sunstroke. They were at the taking Of
Jhansi, which is commemorated on the
statue of Lord Strathnaifn near the top
of Sloane street, near Hyde Park. The
S3d, too, has a fine fighting record, as,
indeed, all Irish regiments have.
The I'd Battalion Of the Connaught
Rangers, when the seth. was in Decem-
Der, 1890, on the march from Middle
burg to Pretoria in the Transvaal, and
was treacherousIy attacked on the road
by Boer commando. Nearly every Of
hcer, including Col Anstruther. was at
once shot down, but the colors were
detached from the poles and saved by a
Of the non n-commissioned officers. She
put them under her skirts, and with
this fmpromptu hustle reached Sir
Owen Layon's headquarters at Pre-
toria.
The other battalion. the ssth. had
most distinguished career In the penin-
sula, and its invincible courage saved
1t on more than one occasion from
fchv nrt hry "A1I Il,
to tell. these Galway boys deprived
every Portuguese and Spanish hen
roost of its feathered population. So
great was their propensity for looting
were "the greatest blackguards in the
army" But they did such gallant
things at Fuentes d'Onoro that even
Sir Thomas could not forbear to shout:
We'll done, brave 8eth."
Are we the greatest blackguards in
the army now! they yelled back.
mo. no." be answered. you are brave
and gallant soldiers; this day has re-
deemed your character"
Eleventh Hussars.
Tho 11th Hussars numbered among
its officers in the Crimean war Lieut..
Stewart Dunn. After the charge of
Balaklav the 11th Hussars were called
| upon by Lord Raglan to select a re-
cipient for the Victoria Cross, and it
was voted by acclamation to the young
| Lieut.. Dunn Disappointed at not re-
ceiving. as he considered, justly due
promotion as captain, he quilted the
service But at the end of the Indian
mutiny. when England was sorely
Of his private fortune in raising in
Canada the Tooth Regiment, or Royal
Canadians. This regiment. it may be
remarked, ts for some mysterious rea-
hn Toin
ment; but as a token of its origin it
wears on its accouterment the maple
leaf Of Our Lady Of the Shows
cordfne dH HoS fS osia SGts Greys: which ae-
guished themselves last week along
with the 18th Lancers, have thus
quickly responded to the message Of
chief. the Gar Of Russia. This is a
regiment familiar to us by reason Of
Lady Buffers picture Scotland for
| 1t was on the occasion when the Scots
Greys were charging a square of Ma
poleon's long -mustached veterans that
the 92d Cor Gordon) Highlanders seized
the heavy cavalrymens stirrup irons.
and. despite the kicks of the gray
chargers. who were puzzled at their
| novel burden, were thus dragged into
contact with French steel.
They are the only regiment in the
| British army that wear q peculiar van
| dyk pattern round their forage cans
The regiment has always been distin.
guished for the high social tone of its
| officers. ~
Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Another Of our corps now fighting in
France Is the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
When their title was altered from
North British Fusiliers, and when the
distinction Of fusilier was taken awav
from the Scots FusiIier Guards. letters
used to go astray. with amusing re-
suits. A number of excellent trades.
men who had not mastered the intri.
cacies Of the new military patronymic.
persisted In addressing their apnjics :
obliFe. to the officers of the Scots
Guards. These communications wers
disposed of by the guardsmen writine :
across the top Of tn enyeIonas TIE
threatening notice TRY the eIst Foot >
Like the Path, the Berkshire Reei.
ment has met with two serious re.
verses. In the Afghan war, when Gen
Burrows' brigade was overwhelmed a,
Maiwand by Ayoub Khan, the Berk.
shires were brought near to annihila.
| tton. and again in the Sudan anothe,
battalion Of this regiment was IN
McNeil's zarebaSwhen It was rushed 8,
the oft-killed Osmah Digna and hi
Fuzzy-Wuxzies.
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