SSO OF OOS PO OSD ¢° ed + ‘The ——< = ¥ Transvaal War = oP ree HSC CC a OUR BIT OF “THE THIN RED LINE.” They have gone witha pe yple’s hopes and prayers, Qut, over the eastern br To strike for the might right, Our bit ot ne, f Britain’s ”? “the thin red (ine. They have gone by danger of flood ae aris field, : As th brave sires went of re, 4 To fight and bleed for the world’s great need, | } As Britons have bled before. | 7o slay or be slain for the loved old flag, In the cause of the just and the true: To stand for the right f common eartn, And the heaven’s open blue. And over our loyal land to-night, Where the stars of our freedom shine, From all true hearts the prayer goes up . For our “bit of the thin red line.” The have gone to fight the freeman’s hght, For our far off kith and Brothers of our own bloox In the fight where the n An right must Ww And stand or fall, though we go to the | all, Canadian hearts are truc Not only to stand for our own birth | ) land; But to die for the empi Ww > 100. Y For the sacred cause of freedom’s laws, To win the glad release Of those who tread ’nea — quicad, y And wide a ae eee Se ee ee h tyranny’s y & the gates of n gat peace. British soil, om shine, eart to-night And shame on the soul or Where the stars of freec Who will not pray in hs | For our “bit of the thia red line.” We send them forth from our “true north,” For sacred bond and si zn, , That well or il], to the great brave end, We are Britons from br And whenever the lion’s hunters are out And dangers threatens Be the world on this side, Canadian hearts are the iis Jair, he on that, e, Yeo, we send them forth from our “true north,” Sons of the empire’s m And alien the heart that For our soldier boys to zht ; will not pray ight. Yea, traitor the heart that takes our bread And drinks our sunshi And will not throb wher joins For our bit of “the thir W. WILFRED the battle red line.” -AMPBELL. ING THE GN. Her Majesty any prolonged perhaps, the (_rimean in a fact that, years which iscended the BRITISH WARS DU} PRESENT RE Although the reign of Shas not been marred by Of serious war, excepting q Present carpaign and th Cident, it is, nevertheless Se throughout the sixty-tw Rave elapsed since she e throne, the crack of the rifle has Dever been absent from our dominions. In 1838, 1839 and 1340 we were engaged warfare wita Afghanistan, aid in 1841 the campayn known as the ‘ First China War’ was carried on amid much hardship. his was fol lowed by Kaffir war 1 1846, while iS, were fighting the Sikhs, a Very ice men, who now help 1 fort f our most admirable Indian ‘ in 1 war broke « in Burmah, and in British forces were Once ag aged W the worrying Kaffirs. In 18s2 Burmah was agai! ican, l cured a horse of the mange witb INARD'S LINIMENTD. 2 } CHRISTUPHER SAUNDERS. j Dall: " . ee leu ; rse badly tora by a@ pitch pr @rk, with MINARD'S LIN(MENT. ia EDWARD LINLIFF, mm St. Peter’e, C. B. =A " cued a horse of a bad swelling with PNARD’'S LINIM SNT. THOMAS W. PAYNE. Bathurst, N. B. and breed, - ne to brine. | the scene of warlike operations, while n the year 1854 there commenced the most terrible campaign of the pre- sent century in point of hardship, namely, the Crimean war. In this case we were aided by the French, who fought gallantly side by side | with our own men. | No sooner had our force disposed of the trouble in Russia than they were summoned away to China, where a fierce encounter with the Chinese | took piace in 1856-58, and about this time the terrible Indian mutiny broke Out, leaving peace established in India at the end of the year 1857. Doubtless, few persons who watched the evolutions of the Maori team of footballers who came to this country some years back are aware that in the year 1860 these fine fellows were our | enemies, yet such was the case, and although we gave them a severe beat- ing at the time, they broke out again | between 1863 and 1866. War with Looshaie was carried on in the year 1871, this being followed by the Ashantee campaign in 1873. } In 1877 our troops were once more |fighting the Kaffirs while between | 1878 and 1879 the Zulus gave us a |great deal of bother, and Cetewayo | loomed large on the horizon. In Afghanistan war broke out once | more in 1878, and was waged on and | off until 1880, and about the same | period Tommy Atkins was also practic- | ing upon the Basutos in another part of the Dark Continent. The Transvaal war began in 1879, and ended in 1881, when Mr. Glad- stone signed the treaty which’ has since given rise to so muchcontroversy. | A year later the Egyptian campaigr | was in full swing and it was at this period that the bombardment of Alcxandria took place. The war in the Soudan, which is 10w doubtless on the point of termina- | tion, goes back as far as 1884, while in 1885 the British forces were once more fighting the Burmese. In 1890 there was considerable fighting at Zan- and between 1894 and 1896 zibar, the Matabele cimpaign, which will be fresh in the minds of most readers, was carried on with much energy. | The Chitral campaign in 1895, the | third Ashantee war in 1896, the In- |disn-ampaign in 1897, together with the present war in the Transvaa!, con- | clude the series of campaigns.—-House- hold Words. AMERICAN WITH THE BOERS. SAYS THERE WAS NEVER A GREATER 'XHIBITION OF BRAVERY THAN BY BROADWOOD’S MEN. 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Vf Ca S&S oe WY SSS ry Vay * day ut “ All we : a ‘ SS | a * heaaiiiae US aN pe . SRR ‘ ~ SRDS 8 oR Iie OR nee ge ti on him to stop firing and ¢aying he was unarmed and desired to talk: with him, the correspondent discovered that this man was an American, who declared that he accompanied the Boers only as a sightseer. He said that never during his whole life had he witnessed such magnificent pluck as that shown by the British Saturday and he asserted that not only himself but the whole Boer ariny were profoundly touched with admiration at their gallant behaviour. It appears that the Boers doubted their ability to capture the whole British force and were dum- founded at the courage displayed and the masterly way in which the force was able to escape from the death trap. The correspondent’s informant refused to give any information regard- ing the Boer forces or their movement, but it appeared that the present force was detached from Kroonstad, joined the Ladybrand force and again divided north of Thaba N’chu, one portion following the other and meeting Col. Breadwood’s retreating ,force. The Burghers engaged consisted of Schoe- man’s command, which was accom- panied by many foreigners. Command- an John Y. Blake was present with the Irish Brigade and other foreigners. os never —- ..—wiGESTION, resulting ‘rom weakness of the stomach, is relieved by tlood’s Sarsaparilla, the great stom- *s tonic and cure for DYSPEPSIA. | — ———— eT A aN TO LL Di as ) 9. for Lease will be received vp ‘o Satvaday ne 14h inst, at ucop, for | a-e of toliowicg lands, parts of the E~ ate of late Malcolm Mckeou, for cumipg summer 1. Field of atout six acr-s on Malpe que Road to the north of Mr. W. E. Cuweon’s land. 2. F.eld of about eleven acres on Mel peque Road and road leading from Mal prque Road to Spring ark te ee 3. Field of abou five acres acicloing Hagau’» laods. Seperate offer invited for each. to be used as pasture for catile. D.C Ch’town Apri! 5th, 1900 £ Mi . ‘ Lance cLEQD dy iw, ~~ The northend of a bonse situated or Prince Street, conta'’nirg nine rooms, sv''- ‘ble for a boarding house or private resia- ‘nce Apply to T BOMAS McQUAID Queen St Dressmaking. Miss Florence Rudge i» prepared to do Dressmaking, Mavtle Makivg and Mil- linery at her home, Great George Street opposite Full Electric Light. ee eee — _ ae ae ee FOR SALE OR T0 LET: ‘‘Watermere,” the house of the Hon. George W. Howlan, Possession given the first of May next. D. C. Mc LEOD. _@ | Offera in writing to be marked Tender | the.) i i Ch'towr. March Silst, 1910. ® tf. 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