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THe Dairy EXAMINER {s l'ublished every Evening, OFFICE:

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They keep en hand and make to order Top Bugyies, Phectons, the famous Dexter Spring Wagons, and carriages Of every description. Repairing of all kinds done with neatness and despatch, ani warranted to giye satisfaction those who favor them with 2 call, at prices to suit the times. ‘ :

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True Datty EXAMINER.

DECEMBER 23, i879.

THE BRITISH COMMANDERS IN AFGHANISTAN.

A Short Sketch of their Military Record.

BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERTS.

Major General Sir F. 8S. Roberts, K. C. B., V. ©., Royal Artillery, Commanding the Kurum Division-——served with the 28th Regiment throughout the Hagtern Cam- paign of 1854-55, including the battles of Alma and Inkerman, siege and fall of Sebastopol, and atfair in the Cemetery on the i8th June (medal with three clasps, 3revet of Major, Knight .of the Legion of Honor, 5th Class of the Medjidieand Turk- ish Medal.) Commanded a detachment of 500 men of the 28th Regiment against the Waghers with the Okamundel Field Force in 1859, including the assault on the fort of Beyt on the 6th October, and siege and occupation of Dwarka; commanded the reconnaissance on Dwarka from Lt. Colenel Donovan’s Force, consisting of 2 field pieces and 150 men, on the 26th of October, 1859,

MAJOR-GENERAL, BRIGHT.

Major-General R. O. Bright, C. B., Her Majesty’s Service, commanding the Khy- ber Division—-served in the Eastern cam- paign of 1854 55, with the 19th Regiment, including the battles of Alma and Inker- man, siege and fall of Sebastapol, and storming of the Redan on the 18th June and 8th September, mentioned in des- patches (medal with three clasps), Brevet of Lieut.-Colonel, Knight of the Legion of Honor, 5th Class of the Medjidie and Turkish Medal. Commanded as Briga- dier General the Ist Brigades Hazara Field Force of 1868, including the expedition against the Turks on the Black Mountain (mentioned in despatches, thanked by the Government of India, C. B. Medal wite clasp. )

BRIGADIER-GENERAL MASSEY.

Brigadier General W. G. D. Massey, 5th Lancers, commanding the Cavalay Brigade in the Kuram Division, served in the latter part of the seige of Sebastopol, was under fire at the battle of the T’chernaya, and com- manded the Grenadies of the 19th Regi- ment at the assault of the Redan, on the 8th September, where being left on the ground, he fell into the hands of the enemy the ensuing night, who supposing him to be mortally wounded, did not remove him with their prisoners. Was recommended in a special despatch by the Commander- in Chief in the Crimea, for his gallantry at the Redan, his fortitude, and the patient endurance with which he bore his most severe suffering, during a confinement to his camp-stretcher of nearly six months, (pro- moted Captain, Medal with clasp, Knight of the Legion of Honor, and Turkish Medal.)

BRIGADIER-GENERAL MCPHERSON.

Brigadier-General H. T. McPherson, Cc. B., V. ©., Bengal Staff Corps, com- manding 1st Infantry Brigade, Kurum Division, served in the Persianjwar in 1857, as Adjutant 78th Highlanders, including the night attack and battle of Kooshab, and bombardment of Mohumrah, (Medal and clasp.) Served in Bengal with Havelock’s column, present in actions of Onao, (wound- ed,) Vusurutgqunge, (first and secend) Boorbeakechoukee and Bethoor, and in the several actions leading to and ending in the relief of the Residency at Lucknew, and subsequent defence, (Victorea Cross); with Jutram’s foree at. Mumbugh, includ- ing the repulse of the numerous attacks, aud served as a Brigade Major in the opera- tions ending in the fimal capture of Luck- now, wounded, (Medal and clasp and Brevet of Major.)

COLONEL BAKER.

Colonel T. D. Baker, C. B., 18th Foot, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, commanding the 2nd Infantry Brigade in the Kurum Division, served with the 18th Reyal Irish in-the Crimea from 30th December, 1854, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol, mentioned in despatches, and ewarded the Sardinian medal, for ‘‘ gallantry displayed at the attack of the Cemetery and suburbs of Sebastopol on the 18th of June, 1855,” (medal with clasp, Sardinian and Turkish medals), Served in India during the mu- tiny in 1857, with the field force under Colonel Beaston ; served in New Zealand during the Waikato and Wanganni cam paigns of 1864-66, as Deputy A. A. Gen- eral ; was present at the action at Rangia- whia as Acting Assistant Military Secretary to Lieut-General Sir Duncan Cameron

(mentioned ia despatches, Brevet of Major; |

was Staff officer to the force under Major

General Carey at the attack and capture of Orakan—mentioned‘in despatches for ‘‘gal- lantry, and untiring energy and zeal evine- ed” (medal). Accompanied Sir Garnet Wol- seley to the Gold Coast in September, 1873, and served throughout the Ashantee war of 1873-74, as Assistant, Adjutant aud Quar- ter-Master General, including the action of Essaman, delief of Abrakrumpa, battle cf Aromafal, battle of Oadashuf and captyre of Coomassi; also in addition performed the duties of Chief of the Staff from the 4th of October to the 17th of December ; was mentioned in despatches by Sir Garnet Wolseley in the following terms :—The du- ties of Chief of the Staff was ably carried

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‘out to my entire satisfaction by Major Ba- her, Assistant Adjutant General, to whose untiring energy | owe much of the success that has attended all our operations. In ‘my opinion he possesses every quatity that is valuable in astaff officer.” Several times | mentioned in despatches Brevet of Lieut.- | Colonel, C. B., medal with clasp.) COLONEL TYTTBR.

Col. J..A. Tytler, C. B.. V. C., Bengal Staff Corps, commanding the 3rd Infantry Brigade, in the Kurum Division—served with the force under Sir Colin Campbell against the Hill Tribes, on the Peshawur frontier, in 1851-52, and in the Boori Pass in 1853—(Medal with Clasp.) Served in the Indian mutiny campaign of 1857-59, including the defence of the Kumao, Hills and Rebilcund against the rebels, and was shot through the left arm and received a spear wound in the chest, while engaged in~ a hand-to-hand fight in the action of Choo- poorah onthe 10th February, 1858 (Victoria Cross); also served in the Cude campaign of 1858-59, indcluding the actions of Pusgoan and Russoolpore, attack and capture of Fort Mittowlee, and action of Biswah— (Medal.) Commanded the 4th Goorkhas in the Umbeylah Pass 1863, including the assault and capture of the Conical Hill and Villages of Lalloo and Umbeylay. Again in the Hazara campaiga in the Black Mountain in 1868—clasp ; and the Looshai expedition in 1871-2—clasp.. He has been four times mentioned in dispatches.

COLONEL GORDON.

Col. T. E. Gordon, C. 8. I., Bengal Staff Corps,commanding the 4th infantry Brigade in the Kurum Division, served as second in command of the 7th Punjaub Infantry dur- ing the Indian campaign of 1858-59. Com- manded the regiment at the attack and cap- ture of the Bude ferts, Dehayu and Turowl, on the 14th and 17th July, 1858. Engaged iz: operations in Futtehghur, Aginghur and Gorrickpore districts, 1853, and in the Teras, Napaul, in 1859 (five times mention- ed in despatches, medal).

' Pregence of Mind.

It is noticeable how the characters of mind and body cerrespond, and how the ready man is generally quick in his move- ments, prompt in action, and fertile in re- source. The great Napoleon used to say that no quality was so rare or so valuable as (what he called) two-o’clock-in-the-morn- ing courage. The power of suddenly changing front, and altering the whole scheme of the campaign, was precisely what the greatest of all modern strategists would admire. He himself eminently possessed it. The man who had the wit to say to the ar- istocrat who taunted him with his lack of ancestry, ‘‘ Moi je suis ancetre,” possessed a readiness of words as well as ofaction. He was not likely to lose either his head or his tongue. But this kind of promptitude is rarely coupled with staying power. It is distinctly meteoric, and part of the bril- liancies due to the gloom which follows it. And, therefore, the nations who most poss- ess it are also purposcless, and without re- serve of force. We all know of our own countrymen thatin a campaign they ar generally worsted at first and victorious at last. When we say that an Englishmen never knows when he is beaten it really amounts to this, that he is invariably

beaten often before he ultimately wins, The quality of ‘‘dash” is not the bull-dog quality of ‘‘Hold

fast and tear ’em.”’ One very amusing in-

stance of military readiness is given in Napier’s ‘‘Memoirs.” The troops were de- filing down a narrow gorge in India, when suddenly a mad bull was seen charging down at full swing, and with tremendous impetus. The captain had presence of mind enough to give the word of command, which his soldiers mechanically followed. The order he gave sounds singular enough. It was this: ‘‘Prepare to receive cavalry.” The soldiers obeyed, and the unfortunate buli was impaled on their bayonets. This episode has always been cited as an instance of the courage of British soldiery. It seems rather to illustrate the courage of the Indian bull. ‘The quality belongs also to certain professions. With military men it is abso- lutely essential. But an advocate cannot be great without it. It is better than elo- qnence, and is that quality which makes the barrister win his clients’ cases often by holding his tengue. A man with less readi- ness might be an elequent bunglar. The possession of it has been of rare advantage to Lord Beaconsfield, and has directed him into the chanels of political success ; while the want of it has leit abler men at the foot of the ladder.

—_——— — a -— Tuz many friends of Dr. McSwain will be glad to learn that he has settled in Water- town, Mass. The memory of the Dr’s. kind- ness and attention, in addition to his prac. tical skill ae a physician during an extensive practice for upwards of five years in Belfast, and indeed over a large,section of the south- ern portion of Island, will not readily be for- gotten, while many regret that the impair- ment of his health should have compelled him to leave his friends and seek another field of usefulness. We are happy to state that the Dr. enjoys good health now, and we have no doubt as nhs success in his new field, His extensive experience in some of the large Hos- pitals of Europe, with Diplomas from Harvard and Royal College of Physicians, London, England, is sufficient guarantee of his de- votedness to his profession, and his thorough- ness asaskilfult physician. We are assured that he is very much missed, not only asa physician, but also as a worthy member of society. The temperance workers in Belfast have lost in him a zealous and devoted ad- vocate, as also the Church ef which he was a worthy member.

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