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C l-lAR LOTTETOW N

ivnunc. immediately on

r 'v'="- _,

. ilistorg.’ of Canada:

e inlrenched Canadians the until . \\I'l'<' riIULiODlE-l and Louuithe Boer loafer, and tin:

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yards still farther to the left wernlshirea, a mile away on the the Sllfﬁllﬁllifeﬂ- ‘poured in volley alter volley, thus helping to keen down the Boer

A‘ m m~ the 399mm“ hm"- llre. When day dawned, theCanad- the six Companies o! Canadians u"; "w m" may w", engulﬁng left their trenches and advanced m, 5°" pumon; 3mg (he 5°". cautiously through the darkness; “w |t mo, and rgcoonized "m; m, the Gordousreplacing them in their end o1 (Mi,- , “gin” h“; came, ‘Rich?! 35 ii 5111190"- The "K111i This force,_ so advantageously “'35 “"'°°"‘95S~ The alwﬂﬂciflgoituated, could keep down their dlnee honed w-retwh the height tire while the remainder of the mrrlookinz the Boer teaser amt British army circled round them dntrouch there before they were

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lelt, ‘out of their burrows and to advan- the J.

was from the island in the Second ‘Cor.- tlngent era who enlisted in other provinr-ua.

ce to the British llnee. Cronje. the Lion of the Veldt, the ablelt right- ing general in the Boer hoot was vanquished, and the honor of tore» ing him to surrender on Majuha Day tell to the men _ from the Maritime Provinces of Canada."

This wan the first decisive Bri- llsh victory of the war. lt. broke

LLED

2nd (zontinguut. lit-v. W. Cox, Church of England. one o! the chaplains

There were other Island

The End or The War

From the day the Royal (lana-

dlan Regiment entered Pretoria. in

'June 1900, until the end 0i October.

the backbone of the Boer offensive _ when the last of the regiment on-

tdetected, but a soldier stuiuhliurggi - ~ ‘lira-tiled f0!‘ CRDQ 'l‘0Wn on the over a concealed wire gave the: ‘homeward journey, lunch hard alarm. Whut happened than has Jighting was done, but it»: great

dieen a itiattcr of controversy ever. dries. Hero is tho account hy 1‘. (i. Alarqnl- in the authorizvtl Military

and a premature discharge of sever- ial Boer rifles: ihen a crashing ;vo||cy lit up the nightand a hail of. ‘bullets struck the advancing lines.‘ Down on the nlain the Canadians ‘threw themselves. while over them‘ ,:he bullets sang and about them‘ thuddcd in ‘the earth. For some minutes they lay enduring " ‘s. fire and listening to the agonizing ‘groans of wounded comrades. r

Suddenly someone exclaimed: “Re- ‘tire and bring back your worndedﬂ’. tThe word passed from company to {company on the left. and the men~ i." “c”, “D... “E... and "F" __c°m_ tpanies turned their backs on their‘ foo and lied in disorder tor their ‘trenches, followed by the death- idealing bullets, which, fortunately, the darkness prevented froml cauain man casualties. "H" and. “G" Cgmpanyes on the cxtremeifﬂw" °7 Bllrwflder. I yright did not hear the order. Theyimvshysre ‘akmgt m’ chagctehs‘ [stood their ground and with the m 9 e a m” ° perm e help of the engineers were soon entrenched. “G" Compan, had been badly cut up, having tour killed _ancl twelve wounded, but "H" Com- lpany, due to a protecting wood ,near

‘to within striking distance. lt wa

leater quarters,

‘and effective n». At s a. m.

the command of Paptaln Stain and» maintained. "m, sounded,

Shrop- gaunt, unkemp‘;

Inevitable. The “ceale fire"

day-break a steady fire

,____,,_,,__, _ _._. . __._..e_._______.___._ __..__.

twork was finished when PPPlOTiH was entered. In casualties it had lsufforcd: 29 deaths from (“HD3555

ior zict-idcui, it!) killed iu notion or

5 gand

useless to resist longer, and so at 5.15 a. m. the Boers in the advanc- ed trcnches rained a whiteflag in.

But the canmgﬂiwonntled. Among the killed in

bulk Company was

of the Boer force to withdraw to; and so for nearly ant hour longer the men of “H" and. WG" Comoanieakept up a steady»

_ Boer came Into the open bearing ti ~ " line 0t trenches tact qlrheaetntvj): ‘stfmrgizzieytizidgr ' “m” "'9' u w” “h” n°w m“ (lgnxlluilg; was m reservéi ' ‘Cronje had decided to yield to the

the Lieutenant Macdonell W“-

and the Boers. hidqlfdil began tumbling

wont far tmvards kirepiug ilic disioyal Dutch oi’ Natal and Capo ‘Colony from taking arms. Th 1- vie» lory on Alnjuba Day cost the (Inna dians seven killed and thirty 1

Allrod Rims, m‘ Charlottetown. Among the wound- ed were Nelson '1‘. Brace and . A. Harris, both oi‘ Charlottetown. In the nine days about Paardeh-lrg ,the regiment had lost in all twenty killed and over ninety wounded.

THE MARCH ON BLOEMFON-

TEIN

5 The famous march on Bloemfon- itein was begun a iew days later- ;it was entered in triumph by Rob darts. after innumerable hardships land severe fighting ("I ""119- o" ‘ March 13th. The men were in rags. What was left of their uniforms ‘was bleached almost white hy sun and rain. “any were almost harn- looted: some had honud their put- tw-s about their swollen and hruis- c-d foot, while others had rollt-il ' Ration

them up in sheepskin. hail her-ti wrauly and n! tin.- roar» t-st. 'l‘lir_- Canadians. toiling along

in the nuke of Benin-it's aruly, hz-lt- 5m. fur two ilnys at EWrrnru, “izhl Imzh-l- tnit=1i:l-~ m‘ lilot-znfnntt-iuthen riaivlii-tl to ilu- S111 ‘ vvfitlll‘: ‘Jiiilf’? “lillli ximri-li .~\.-i an r-uida-mii’ n! ;_v[i- hold in ti‘ regltut-nt and soot: I'm ' t'1t\~.~ \-:».-r<.- in hcwpital.

A-h-r rvmuitiiziz in Iilru-itiitiritt- u im- nvvj-r six wot-ks. itch» . with 2m nriuy oi ~llt,l‘ilitt,li~~t:zinz niriuns march tiorthwnrd on May 1st. inr- oi-nnrzil zidvanln- boinz ulou: ltu- linr- m‘ Uraugr- itivcr lfultuit’ '0 liradtnrtl. \\'i:il,>+~r';. Kroc: Jadl. Julizlnncsbiiriz. and tlr-nct- tn !'r-~ lot-Ia. III-public. n brim‘ lmmliarditiv-ir. on

Juir- 3th. THE SECOND CANADIAN CON- TINGENT llnziru tfit- "r-intw" lliihlill’: ti:

adzi had l»; n attlr in wntlint: oil i-zCOflfi ‘roniingent. This‘ regiment.

ten Kttntzriil lwuiity-si-vt-ii otlu-i

‘S0380’, the ll. (f. Li's.

. Wu 1.1-,

the. shat oi the South African - which wan nrriiltiwtl aft -r ‘

' ‘dlcd from wound‘ and 1"" wnuuil-

; "There was a rattle oi meat tins,“ ml. Upon llire .'I::.l;':n1 -i ii!’ _Wh2ch the Boers had strung on llritzntlu tlu- (iurduu ll lil lvr> _ ‘wires in "front oi their trenches, and iii.- (‘nuadiniis i‘ ll tin~ w-pur

utiou kwlily‘, lmviiu: lilill'i'll"li {mgr

liter, ottr-u uu liuli‘ lﬂllllllw‘, n di~- lnnui- (if nvt-r litm Hill)’ fllliilill 1:1 Plilznyl lhvlil 1;, ilziy.» . l ‘u

in tli~ lwlltllli"

v-s, and talu-u purl oi‘ lt-u towns.

'l'l|-- vcnr winziil m. tl-mlr inn-- t-nllt-tl \'-"liii illl- inking of Pit-tuna luit f-n tlit- afxnlt-uit- ill-Hill‘ t-i‘ l)r\\'\ l. llu- Hurt" (ivnr-i-zil. n‘ umsi =" lliliillll-i in :u--r ll! - .‘-l.

Jitit-tl 1:: not until Nov. 0i ili>~

iL. nu: H. l". l).. thv- lit-id and ll n Sldtli. aftv-i" tin- nuuvxatioii

\\

' South Afritzuti lii-l-ziblit- in tliv- llr--

tish Frown, that Lord ltnlmrh- lvt- for Eilgltlllll. Tin» (“wulian unit-a 1' it for (‘auzula in lJ emlvgr. HIP. (‘. M. R's. lvivim: fought in i" tanzagr-iuteuts, with T kiilwl. 2T wonndorl and l8 tlPitlllF from di- ‘ini: lain-ti part ln 28 engagements, trith z’- killed, 22 wounded and ‘I dr-ath“ from disease.

, . ISLANDERS WELCOME!) HOME i 0n the evening of Nov. 2nd the .P. E. l. First Contingent arrived in Charlottetown. The city was ahlazt- .wlth lights. An the "Flmprreas" neared the wharf, bells rang, whist- les blew, a salute “'21s fired from Fort Edward and rockets and other firework» added to the hrilllancy of the scene. The soldiers marched iotf the boat amid great rzhezrrinx. ‘and the procession started, haltlnz at. Queen Square when: prayer wan offerI-d iiy the chaplain. RPV. T. F. Fullerton and zidrlrrsaon mad" hv Lit-u! (inwrnur .\l1'lnl_vrr-, (‘hit-l Justict- Sullivan. Prt-inlr-i‘ Farqnai‘ sou, Lit-in. (‘ol Worm -\ thauksititxine, st-rvic» St. Jami»; (‘hunk on tli Sunday and 1m nlmzrlayﬁiiuln tin-r- vraa a grztml lianqm-t, ll! zli- 1.. ‘Juluulr-i-rs that loft (‘liarltiitwwitvil Oct. 23th. lVJii. lllilI-{t-wy; rqlilrnr-ll m; the ‘lllallvf, .1. . lir' " \\‘ i/mc. .\l. Iilttkirrily z .1. \\'. ~'»';i wr rt-‘tiruwl lvunn ions. H. l). 'l'ziylru' and ‘-‘»'. f. wW-rt: killi-il in avtlnu " rt-l 'nr-d with Fol. (mt Ml: n-un and H. ll. lirn-vn ﬂazcd iu tin- ltr-rl (‘Till-i tut-ht 21' llltmut-ulrt-iii. Lord. who ‘J-illi-i/‘Ii fzwm til-rt: tn lilrwinfvmtt-iu wrt-uvht-ri km-r- was inn" iﬁnulanvl {HUT T|,'l"|l.l'.".!l[§ fi-W-r. l.!->lit- . - ' buirun

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sailr-l f on the ‘. S. " ‘ Sl-pt. 15th llw lat” ivaj." nl lrluzlzzml tlt-tltjv-itmt‘ r-wi (hi. tun-r. any, the l.~.t (‘amnion ('

l-rl. via Sunthaiupt-wi. Der). 11th. Amum: ‘wt-r:- r-lt-W-I: of tht- l

nan sironz. known as "Tht- triyai"hi"|”l"1l"“'" l)" MM’ h Mounted liifi~s and Royal (‘aua- U , _ , tlian Artillery ubarlv-vlfrovu iiali- Imhmwl" “f”: \ “" far in three» I achtus-uta durinz "(ma h“ ‘mi:

tho first six wrecks n! lftuo, Lain-r s” 1).d{'m‘(€l-

an offer from Lord ratliconrt (‘anadian ilizh Fmmv.

Ixntimi, Elna. to equip and forward

5f"- niountod m~-n was ZUJRF-piP/l by

rhr- Impr-rial Governmmnt and on “arch 17th the “STatht-ona ilorsc" and one hundrr-d recruits to till thr- vacancies made by casualties. in the First fontinzent. HaiifaxThe l<t Contingent Draft in-

,clnded the tollowinz lslanderv: A. Slcilzchern. \\'. J. Mc-

"' ‘k Pam‘ w" c‘ 6”" w“ 1.901 men. Anti ‘In edditlnl tothls

=21. Boll, \v. A. imueo A. Arbuckie. n. r. ,a¢m

sailed from

R Fkl (‘a pnrarily"

Print-o 0t Weir-t l, ' Royal (Ianalliana. ' aiding Britain by r giment, with 2ft of!" . men. m that the lhvuinlon‘: total contribution ‘has iii: oﬂicers and

'c°°'h" mm‘ ‘kmm’ ‘huddle mimtnion act-rd anti» qvot o1

. Kennedy. Wu. tier-rt.

ﬁuatne Imperial

Government l: rc-

crnltlag theﬂonth African Con-

l- "'- 7- °"""-°°'*‘neiuuy, the 2nd, m. nu "a an»

H. lltl the 10th until!

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