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LITTLE BOBS" DIES
AMONG SOLDIERS
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titles by his own country. 1t WAS mol
| by that nation alone that his military
abilities were appreciated. The great
est soldier Of his time" were the world
used by Emperor William OF Germany
| In paying tribute to him.
Roberts OF Kandahar." the emperor
IL recorded a. saying, -has much Of the
sublety and ability to preceive his OPP
lportunities that have distinguished the
greatest military geniuses OF the past
| I hold him the ablest Of today's sol
diers."
For more than half . century Eng.
land has occasion to take pride in the
career Of Roberts the soldier. As the
career ripened she came to hold him
in the Same affection a. Wellington
Give and Kitchener. In nine of hel
wars he was In the thick 81 the fight
ing and many times was wounded. Al
he fought he rose in rank from . super.
munerary subaltern in the horse ar
| tillery to field marshal and command
erin chief OF all the British armies
AS farther rewards he was made peer
Of the realm and the recipient OF dis
tinguished orders, OF which the chie1
was the Order OF the Garter. the most
ancient and highly priced OF all the
British orders. This browning honor
came to him in 1901 after his notable
services in leading the British cause
to victory in South Africa.
Lord Roberts military education be-
gan early in life. While an infant n
arms he was taken to England to 70
ceiye education in the war-like art
The age of i9 saw him back in India
serving under his father. distin-
guished general Of the Victorian Pc
riod. For more than forty years he
served in that Oriental empire. uphold
ing Great Rritains sovereignty with
his sword and gaining world wide
fame Beginning with the Indian
mutiny the record of his services is
studded with brilliant exploits and gall
liant deeds.
The Victoria cross came to him early
| in his career. after he had rescued q
comrade from certain death in the
campaign aga;ns. the Indian ,nutineers
and had recovered a standard captured
by the enemy. Queen Victoria herself
pinned the highly priced token upon
the soldiers tunic. The mutiny medal
for bravery was another that he won
in fighting the Sepoys at Delhi and
helping to drive them from their siege
of Lucknow. The Indian frontier and
the Abyssinian medals came TO him
from his fighting turnout the Urnbeyla
Abyssinian and Lusha campaign.
Afghan War.
When the Afghan war, in which
Lord Roberts was to win lasting fame
broke out. he had risen to the rank OF
major general. AS such. in the Afghan
war and in the following campaigns
against the tribesmen. the brilliancy OF
the British generals strategy com.
nanded the attention OF the world.
great soldiers. The two years wal
came to q elimination with "Bob's'
famous march thru the tangled wild
derness and his dashing assault Of
Kandahar. resulting in the dispersal o,
the Ameer's army.
England's new military hero. in.
| valided home. was given . remarkable
| reception starting with his disembarka-
| ton At Dover. He was summoned Il
| Windsor Castle by Queen Victoria whit
raised him to baronetcy: he received
the thanks Of parliament. was present
ed with the freedom Of many cities
and was granted degrees by oxfort