__ f as la" , “_ . ll i- . if 9, -y:_';_;j, i "w§!u. '\,fr.'{‘|.»'.~». t f..'$,i ‘ve ‘-?_ _ " _ ., ‘ t `~ 11"* * *,,;,_, ‘Q " I - ' é ' ~ - . .- -» ~ ' ~t _. < r ' . 1 ‘ -3 ' _ s ' ..A. _ eam°e.ea..a. i 5 15 /Y ‘p I . _ *_ lif.0'1”fH‘r0WN» PRINSE EDWARD ISLAND. CANADA. FRIDAY. JUNE 3°. 1905. T infix" iaa.e°e§"""" ' l v-uquxpn-nn' 7 7 f' its Contingent. _ _ 'K ..... it ” i A _ FRICA Tl G _ _ _,_ ,, __ _ ` ,_ _ , , _ *A _ _ /Z \\ \ ._E ii »» ‘ o i wi REV.'l". F. FULLERTOV The popular pastor of St. James clmruh, city and clniplain of First Fontli African l l` The following admirable description 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. 'IEE After describing this placing of the different brlmides i>y'Lord Robertsarou n d the, Modder River where the enemy was entrenched Dr. Doyle proceedsz- ` In the meantime the oordon was 'heing -iE& drawn evertlghter, and the fire became heavier and more deadly, while the con- .,. » : ` ' _ \ LT- LORNE STEWART _ A member ofthe First South African Contingent.. 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: i They knew that they must be close upon 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. On and on they stole, step by rtt>rp,l 1 » 1 _ ,i w p _ he _ 1 , l l 5 ‘ 1 l ll l i E . -1 ing distance. On the night of 1*‘ebm`ary" front trenches of the B1-lt.lsh'were tit that' - a position on the left as would antllankl.'_ any counter attackaxpoxi the part of the __ ` Bocrs. The Canadians advanced ln tlicf " ' il ~..1. 1* l` . \~lii..,;i.. . l .tt .sei ,l_ if _ 0 , as ,.>\ I _ _I3 /V/'/,"_""~I' ' - ~`;:\` ` \ firvffw ._. ..= _ _ ,\ _ iw... ,, \ \\\ X, || 0 ""“f" ia-~ ' m" 'va n .. un ' I . I 1 \ ' -.. l‘..'\ ` s. __ _ Vt' _ _ 3 a A IN. ueuoalau _ _ ALFILED RIGGS, ROLAND 'i.`AYLOR._ _ 7 l* 'l1¢d_a\1ifeBAlfl¢°f'Paard¢- 1 9 .,. i . ... . .» “ A - \ f , _~_ : .. A ~~- 7; '~ ~ ,-_sq ,» '- -,,_.-._ .. ._\_ if , iueuolmt TABALH :J rgr;sorn|eits_uoNur1ENr. First. South Africa 1 c.- _ MAJOR w1:1¢:Ks \Vho was in (:ommant`l of G. Company, u L`ont.mgcnt. '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