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of the part-_taken by the Canadians in the surrender of Crortie and the Boers at Paardebergis from he pen of the tal~ ented writer, Dr. A. Conan Doyle.

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different brlmides i>y'Lord Robertsarou n d

the, Modder River where the enemy was entrenched Dr. Doyle proceedsz-

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1% ditions of life in that fearful place were

compelled surrender. Amid the crash of tropical tiiuiulerstornirs, the _tglare of

vigilance. A balloon floating overhead directed the fire, which i'rom day to day

_ the Biith with the arrival of four live-inch

from thcflerce liocr and his gallant. Iol-

iowcrs. liuried deep within imr1>ows in

thc river-bank the grca‘cr 'part of them

lay safe from the sln~lls,b\_1t, the rattle of their muskctry when the outposts moved showed that the trenches were as alert

as ever. The thing could only have one end,howevcr, and Lord Bobei‘ts, wltlr admirable _judgment and patience. refused to hurry it at the expense of the lives of his soldiers. '

The two brigades at either end of the

Boer lines had lost no chance of pushing in, and now they had come within strik-

Ztith it was determined that Smith-Dorf

rien`s men should try their luck. _The

time seven hun *red yards from ‘the Boer

llncs. They were held hy the Gordons and by the Gauudians, the latter belni! the nearer to the river. It is worth

while entering into details as to the ar- rangement of the attack, as the success' of the campaign wasnt least accelerated byit. The orders were that the Gaua- dians were to advance, the Gordons to

support, andthe Shrops-hires to take' such

rise of the moon. The front rank held

their rifles in the left hand and. each ex-3 tended right hand grasped the sleeve oft

w `_ the man next It. The rear rank had" i their rifles slung and carried spadee._}

Nearest the river bank were two com-_ panles (G and H), who were followed by; the seventh company of Royal Etlgiiieersi carrying bags full of-earth. Tile" long

auch that the stench alone :night have liuo stole through a pitehy tittrknesuflil

knowing that at any instant a blanc of fire such as flamed before the lliglnnhrlcrs'

‘\ liglitnlng, n.nd the furious t.l\raslii|u,; oflat lli|\;;ersfontcln mlglit ‘crash out in m rain there was no relaxation of British `frontoftiu~m. A huu`dred`,'two, three,

` four, five huiidred paces were taken:

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bccamemorc furious, cuhninat.in;.; upon _the trenches. If they could only creebl:

silently enough they might springs*

R Ahowltzers. llutstlll there. came no sign upon the defenders unannounced.

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a position on the left as would antllankl.'_

any counter attackaxpoxi the part of the __ ` Bocrs. The Canadians advanced ln tlicf " ' il

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praying for silence. Would the gentle fshufiie of feet be heard by the men who ilay within stone-throw of theml Their -hopes had begun' to -_rise when-;.;ood :God, what noise \vas that? a reson` lant metallic rattle, thud ofa fall- iing man, un empty ela.t.tt-1'! They walked into a line of meat

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trench. At that instanta single rifle sounded und the , Canadians hurled theluselres down upon the ground.

Their bodies had hardly touched it when from a line six hundred yards long there carrie one furious glare of rifle tire, with

a hiss like water on a red-hot plate, of speeding hullcts.In that terrible red light the men as they lay and scraped despera- tely for cover eoul-'l sec the heads of the

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'Boors pop up and doa n, and the fringe oi rifle barrels quiver and gleam. How the

;re;¢iment, lying helpless under this fire,

:escaped destruction is extraordinary. Po rush the trench in the face of such a continuous blast oflead seemed im-

possible, and it was equally impossible to remain where they were. In a short

time the moon would he up. ami they 'would he picked offto a man. The outfr

companies upon t-he plain were ordered

to retire. Breaking up into loose order, they made their way hack \\'lth surpris- ingly little loss; but a strange cont.rei.c|nps occurred, for, leaping suddenly into a trench heidby the Gordons, they \ve're mistaken by the men, who seem to have heen asleep, for Bocrs. A suhaltern and

twelve men received bayonet. thrusts-none of them fortunately of avery serious nature-before the mis- take was discovered.

A better fate meanwhile had hcfallen

*hc two companies who had been follow- ed by the Engineers. It is difllcult to

understand why in thc whole reginicnt the rear rank man nxight. not have carried a sackful of earth instead of a spade. \Vlth these two flank companies the ex~

pedient was most. sur-cess-ful. On the outbreak ofthe fire the sacks were east

down, the men crouched hohind them.

and time wasgiveu for further trench- ing. By the morning they were not only secure themselves, but. they found them-

selves in such a position that they could cntllade the first lines of Boer trenches. No doubt Cronje had already realized that the extreme limit,_ of his resistance had come, hutit was to those two com- 'puniosofCanadians that the credit is 'immediately due for that while flag which iluttcred upon the morning nl' Maiuha day over the lilies of l’aar<lcl\eri:.

It was six o'clock in the morning when

General Prctyman rode up to Lord lioberlfs headquarters. liehinrl him upon a white horse was a daik»l»i':\\'1led man, with the quick, restless eyes of a hunter, middle sized, thickly built, with u-rixzlod hair flowing from under a tail brown felt hat-. lie were the hlnck

hroadoloth ofthe burghcr with a green summer ovvrrotii, and carried n small

whip in l\lsiia1ul~. Iiis appearance was that of.n resperttilfe London vcstrylnnn rather than of a most. rcdoutahle soldier

with a particularly sinister career behind him.

The Generals shook hands and it was

briefly intimated to Cronje that his sur- render must he unconditional, to which, aftcr a short, silence, he agreed. Iiis only stipulations were personal, that his wife,

FRED B. McRAE

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his grandson, his sccretliry, his adjutnnt

andhis servant might accompany him.

Thy same evening hc was tlcspiitcliell to (lape'l`own, receiving those hunurahlc attentions \\hit1i\\\erc due to his valor

rat.l\erf.hanto l\is_chnraci.er. ills men a pnllirl, x1\|44,fcrl crew, emergred from their holes and imrrows, and delivered up their rifles. It is pleasant. to add Llmi,

with mul-h in their niexnpries to exllspcr-

ate them, the llritisli }u'i\'|\t\‘.~a tl'¢'z\tcfl tlleir l‘nc\ni¢-s withns li\|‘|,gc-lit-|\l'l.eti a

courtesy ns i.ortl liollerts had shown to their leader.

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