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i§IlERS PRUM ALFRED RIGGS ANDL. STEWART;

Carrying in the Wo

;|¢.Riill Call and the Large Number Absent-flie

Narrow Escape ni Many of the Boys When

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' and found a large column had

orange Free State. By daylight we

U mriongmarch. nearly 100 miles.

as Jacolisdiile in th- Free

wget the town. I went into

*wynnnd found everythizig in great Qirder. Women and children crying. I iiqwget some brciid e\’i-r_i'vi'liore. and “thelast moment nianageil to get half a

loot for one shilling. I tell you it

,utgwdgfter bein; so lon; without any- gmg but hard-tack. 1'h¢m';g-ghing was very liiirfl on iis. but dthnnghthere were ii greiit many men 4|-gppgdout from want of water or ex- hmtioirevery day. our Compaiiy was the onlyoneof the Cimzulizins who held the mn uptothelast. The last march wasa terror. Wemarched all night and arrived liereearlyin the morning to hear that our ulvaneeputybad engaged the Boers with the Artillery. After a hasty breakfast of mike md harrl-tack, we got armed uid set out for the battlefield. After leavin: the crimp we found that we had to cross the river md as there was not any bridge, we waded, uithtlie water sometimes nearly iiptooiirlecks. The current was very avi!! and there vs-exe many narrow cstapesfrom drov.'ni::,_:, but I think every me gut over 0. K. Within the past hhight we have been on duty every light, besides traveling nearly 1(1) miles with about half a meal a day and very liitlewater, so you can see it has not been play. The last march before we got here lmilmiles, which took us all night and llien lighting all the day again. ".‘feEl. lflcr crossing the river we had to form 'Pat once for battle in crztczidcd order llll doubled about ai mile over the voldt, lltlflientlie fun began. This wa.s6 ci. in al-"dai, February lrith. Vie fought all

Lnderagalling tire within 600 or 700

N¢lS0f the Boer trenches-the heat was Ulible. About 3 p. in. ii heavy thunder- Wffll time up followed by drenching rain Vlvrliicli we were soaked through for ri Nilld time that day. \Vhen evening &WC Z0t the order to “charge” and the “UWB-insasone man :arose and made for “Boer trenches, under the most terrific pifnliad endured that day. It was iii i"°lW’K2ihat we lost so many of our h_'° l’°YS~ Darkness now set in and we “Ind for the night about 500 yards from & B06! trenches. The roll was called

diferent Companies and we found

“Wien were nearly 1(1) men absent. mlcn Who were able to go, went out in the wounded. Sergeant. pu - Hessian of Georgetown, and myself “WM other Island boys worked long

il” llllrht and had manv nrirrow

»."”~ Old campaigners of the Black

'“°h"1d Gordon Highlanders said it -_W most desperate iight they had

been in.

n°*°0mes the srifldiis; pn;-1; of my

About tour ociock poor Roland 0f Charlottetown was shot; he about 10 yards from me when he

That was one case of the many

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“foggy-inginieresting letter was re- ihundreds who met t-his sad fate on that

mm Mr. Ernest Lord by his ,bloody field. Fred Waye of Hunter Hiver,

“nw ' on Tuesday evening: ~ , was slightly wounded in the leg. He will

TROVPH Dmnx r be oack with us in a few weeks. He was

the only other Islander injured.

I' ‘° ""' ' After the fight at 9 p. in., we got four

mnuoTnR‘_ Hem we are Onl small pots of soup forthe Company, the

of, kopje in the hmiiing sim after first meal of the day-

“W wld night. We went. mick 10 The Boers are very heavily entrenched *my ndfors few day, till we go; ihg all along the river. It is very hard to get ‘kata start for Belmont. \Ve left at them. Monday we had zi day of rest Enom; on Sunday morning at :Z o`clock , Tuesday we were at it again, but, after V dmiwl at Belmont that day. then left a hard day in the hot sun, the Ciiiiadians tampa” by train, reiicliing there in; had the luck to havevoiily four wounded.

The Boers have a. -‘sordenfeldt quick fir

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mvxming to start on an invasion of ing grin which gives usa. great deal of.

trouble. There are about- 50.000 troops here under Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener. Gen. French iii about 30 miles

“mont adv0mm~Q_ bu; had gi small p up the river with about 20,000 men to cut

offthe Boers who are coming down from j~ Ladysmith to reinforce Cronje here. I l could write a. book about it all, but it. ` will liiive to remain till I get. home. to tell ‘ you it ull.

l Boer position yesterday, and to-day they hiivt-fu balloon, so I do not know what the loiitcome may be; butl hope it will be »soon over. but God only knows. . . . .

Iliiivnsr Lciin.

lir. W. N. Riggs received two more

letters lust nigut from his son, Pte Riggs, 3. who was killed in South Africa. The letters were written four days previous to his death. and are as follows:

P.i.~\i<Di:isnRo, Feb. 23. 1900.

Dmn Fnriiisii,-I have no time to

.Write a letter now. as the mail goes in five minutes, and it may be the last for wceks. as this place is so far away from ,any city. I will write as soon as pos- sible. We have had a big battle here at ,Priardeburgn We lost very iheavily, casualties about 100, with 23 killed, and ,1 the rest wounded. Total casualties in all regiments about six or seven hun~ dyed. Poor Rolaizid Taylor was killed. He was shot through the heart, and died instantly. I was with him when he died, gbut he did not know me when I got to ,him with a srretcl;er. He _was too far g gone when I got there. I did all I could lfor him. but it was no use. He died 2 very peacefully. Fred Waye was ,Hvoiuidecl in the leg. Myself and the I rest ot' the boys are well. \Ve have the , liwwrs coi'uei'ed.

From your loving son,

ALF.

Pnlisnnneiiti-. Feb. 23, 1900.

DEAR liirnsn.-I have just sent ai

card to you and am trying to catch the 'mail with this letter also. We have 'marched into the Orange Free State, 'about 16 miles a day, chasing the. Boers las we went. .Kimberley is relieved and the columns there are forcing the Boers to retire this Way. YN'e have cut oil' a 1 very large force and have them cornered l and they won’t get out until they sur- render. The battle here last Sunday was one of the worst of the war. The Bc-ers had taken up ii position on the river banks, Where it was full of trenches. We drove them out and they have moved farther up. The Canadians be- haved splendidly advancing to the at- ; tack as if they were in a snowball tight and chargcfl right up to the trenches. The fire from the Boer postion Wiih_ Hotchkiss one-pounders and with rifles was something terrible. The bullets come like rain. Vlfe all had some most remarkable escapes and tlifmk God that he brought us safely through. The sad-

dest of all was the death of Rpland Tay- "

lor, I had to run the gauntlet along the ; line of fire only 200 yards from the Boer position for 400 yards to get to Rolly and they fired on us so heavily. (there was another fellow named Pascoe with me), that we had to lie down and roll away from the stretchers, as we were fully exposed to the fire being right in i the open. However, we escaped uuhurt, ` thank God. The Boers used -explosive f bullets and a. lot of others. They were ~ awful. I will write again and give you i all the news when we get to some settle- l ment Where letters can be mailed. Rol1y~’s things are been looked afhor,~and will be taken home to his parents. I Hvould like if you would call and see . them. Love to all,

Yours sincerely,

-Aman Rioos.

P. S.-I received a number cf letters

») from friends home which I will answer , as soon as possible. We have not got lthe boxes you sent as, yet. Capt. Weeks 'isall right and is doing he can for us.

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‘ DEAR Flriirn.-I have been unable io f send a telegram, but Roland Taylor is ldead, shot through the heart. Waye, of Hunter River, had a slight wound the leg, and is doing line. The remain- ‘der had some narrow escapes. Hedley » McKinnon had a. hole through his trous- fer leg and his Water bottle shot away. |`My haversaek has several bullet holes. Neicy Doiron had a. bullet hole throu h ,his bottle and another shot away -the " strap of his bottle. Dillon had a. bullet

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Mr E. lord Describes Some of I

The Scenes.

PTE. ROLAND TAYLOR

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through the sleove of his coat and ano- ther hit the heel of his boot and nearly every one else had either holes in their helmets or pieces clipped od' their rifles. We had just finished a 20 mile march had a drink of coffee and a biscuit, when 'we were ordered into action. We were under fire fourteen hours on Sunday and ` twelve hours on Tuesday, but Tuesday was nothing to Sunday. It was vei=v exciting. I will write particulars later on if I get through the next fight, which may take place any minute. We are capturing lots of prisoners and numbers. are giving thenisolves up every day, as many as .sixty or seventy per day. Our rations are short at present; only half rations per man. but expect full rations

Lonnie.

. in ii day ortvvo.

Ext,ra.cts from a. letter written b _znorning. We have just come in oil' the ilfteenor twenty

Private -I. F. Vlfaye of Hunter River to a hills as we have to sleep out on the hills that.. RWE, it il

Ricnuoxn, Fein .-Sth, 1900.

Ili;/.iz FRi'i':iin,--I once more take the

pfezsisure ot answering your welcome letter received two weeks a._‘;0 and was

glatl to hear from yon. _ _. _

I would have written before only we left for fever as the w te is had i A to “ hteiyou long btw, *tt

ileliiioiii the day I got your letter and I _ ' ii e an rthe other do J _ . ' " did not net- a chance to write till now. We mm ‘ y pmheltfmm thm*k “E

we-iit £10 Iliclinionii and have been here River and I would have liked to have been! bon", ar., loveh. I Wm"

ever since, so I thought I would write there. It is going ou four months since I ming bulge M V

when Igzot time, but I have not a. very left home and it seems a lou tim b t I ‘

good plone to write. I anrwritinsz on a hope it will not be long before I get back dm,-t think it ,,m

rock iii. times and other times writing on again. I expect a month orso will nnisli ----- ~ e

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th1_iii;v§_ health and reel much better? ;;:',;°;i,,hf;,,;§lf-f»';

en _ i iihen I left home. I lmve never ,the wmmhrthne '”§, *ii

been sick yet. There are fifty casesof fever: back M 5b;&y` I' incur Regiment It isa very had plaoel

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Other so-called tonicsi are but imitations of this great merlicine.

WEAK AND DEPRESSED. ' I

Mr. Austin Fancy, who lives at Baker Settlement, N. S., says: “ During the last winter,

owing to closeeoiiinemcnt and hard work, my blood became impure. I was very much reduc- ed in lui, and kd severe pains in the‘nl_o\o__s al 'over my body. I felt tired and depressed all the tile; I had no appetite and was freqaeodyso low spirited that I did not izirexhether I lived or died. Necessity compelled me to undertake ii 'little vvork in my blacksmith shop, but I was not fit for it, and after doing a job would have to lie down-indeed I often_ felt like fainting. I ' I UBS to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, using a couple of boxes felt' I decided fe- I " ~

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through the medium of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pile People.” `

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