Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-08
REILLY, THE COP, LEADER
OF BRITISH IN AFRICA
FOrmor New Yorker Turns Native
Police, OF Which He Is Chief,
Into Soldiers.
INvADEs ENEMY's TERRITORY
Fights Twelve-IIour Battle, in Which
English Lose Seven and German
Casualties Amount to 100 Dead
and Many Wounded.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.


NEW YORK. March AT last nc
counts. the British lighting tho Ger
mans In German East Africa from
Uganda were being led by n Long Is
lander. Reilly. tho cop.
w. j. Reilly. formerly OF New York.
is tho chief OF police Of Uganda, n Brit
ish African possession. adjoining Ger
man East Africa. Reilly turned his
native police into soldiers, and with
them invaded the cncmy's territory,
lighting n twclve-hour battle. In which
the British lost seven and the Ger
mans 100 dead and many wounded. ac-
cordinE to letter from Reilly, re-
ceived hero by J. c. Iicmment.
Heres what Reilly writes 10 his
friend:
Just come through twelve hours
light. Five machine guns and one
cannon playing on us all day. had
only seven casualtics. as ] was beauti-
fully intrenched. The Germans al
tackled us mt dawn. and had twice our
number. Our ammunition ran GU.
fsome OF my men lrcd 500 rounds), and
We had to retire when night Sc, in
Tho funny thing was that the Ger
mans also retired and left cannon
behind them. As we wcre flghtlng In
their country, the natives told them
that We had retired. and they came
back next morning and occupied our
position.
II had some narrow escapes. as
was In charge. and had TO keep run
ming around II was my first indcpen-
dent command. and things turned gu,
we'll. We arc still In their territory
and arc going TO attack them in two
days We hope TO give them
thorough licking. but OF course. We
no 1nfr -.
and VIII have moro casualties We
killed nearly 100 OF tho enemy. and the
wounded were In scores all around
The German commander was wounded
IN tho calf, and we also killed the man
who was working the big gun"
iicmrncnt first met Chief Reilly when
he went to Africa with Paul Rainey to
photograph elephants and lions for tho
moving pictures. y year ago last Oc-
tohcr Reilly came to New York to visit
his sister in Flushing. Long Island.
FIGHTS LIONS SINGLE-HASDED
AND GETS AWAY WITH THEM
mighty man Is Reilly. lie nghts
lions single-handcd and gets away
with them. When Theodore Roosevelt
made his African hunting trip, hc be-
came warm friend of tho big Long
islander. whom the natives OF his
bhoNlNCe treat ms IT Ec the
ruler OF British Uganda
Reillys letter was written on Ian
uary J." It's n long way from Uganda
TO New York. IIcmmcnt has not heard
anything further from tho chief lie
~ pretty sure that II Reilly and his
men Won the next akirmish mentioned
In the letter. he Will learn OF IL in due
'lfnc through another letter from his
friend lf he does not hear. SAYS Hem
ment. II will be because another in
trcpid lrishmnn has earned tho Vic
'oria Cross without knowing H. and tho
name OF W. !. Reilly has been added
TO the long lists published weekly in
London under the caption: Tho Roll
of Honor"
\ scrimmago OF tho sort described nv
Reilly would hardly get n line in tho
war news. But Reilly's men arc fight
Ing with the same zeal and the same
deadly purpose az In bloody Flanders
ana Poland. 1t may lie long before the
news OF the battle reaches New York
1t depends on Reilly.
DOGS OF WAR ALSO
RANKING OVER IN AFRICA
German East Africa Joins Uganda
and whom the King. Kaiser. President
and Car let loose tho dogs of war In
Europe. 1t was not long before they
wcr" barking over IN Africa. BY way
or Monbaso and Zanzibar. the news
3spTcad TO tho interior. and crstwhile
friends were hidden to be up and n,
each others throats
The military force OF Uganda com
priscs the force of askaris tho chief
ras under him. Policemen is the name
II English for the aakaris. 300 OF them.
al of them OF the tribe OF Uganda. who
wear their puttccs on their bare legs
Hut Reilly had taught them to
II "ht hand and foot. as they do in
lister He had taught them to use
'"ns and rcvolvers. and bRnished from
iH'" hearts fear OF the big game of
y ne jungle and vcldt. The Germans
~" real soldiers over there but
h"I Reilly wasn't bit dsmayed
y night no made soldiers OF his
'"h"e;nen. and tho next day marched
oris miles to meet the foe on his own
erritory
IL wasn't much OF fight, ms Reilly
FhEht put II. Not much OF one rs we
car OF battles In bloody Flanders and
oiand. Only twelve hours Of flehtinc
the trenches. Only 100 Germans
He'd and scores wounded. Only
aven casualties on the side of Reilly
ma his askaris, and the Germans had
ne cannon and five machine guns
UBMARINE WARFARE