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,by Mr. Arthur Mellish at the Front in South Africa#

15 Vivid Description of the Fight at Paardeberg

G company to guard approach of coluniii, so we drew ourselves to our feet and marched to some rising ground about si mile away where we posted seiiu-ies. At day=break we marched back to camp. At 5 p, ni. Sat- urday we left and marched toilsomely 23 miles, arriving near Modder River after

sunrise Sunday morning, with nothing to cat onthe way. We again tried tr get some rest, notwithstanding the booming of guns some distance off. buf it was not to be. We had a. smal ration of coffee and a littlc biscuit which we were not giver

(continued oil the Eighth Pm-.i

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And Many Thrilling’ Incidents.

GUARDIAN is pcriiiitted to make pace. Transport waggons were constant-

trpvins extracts from diary leffefs lygeliting stuck at first, and :we had to V. by the last iiiail from Mr. Arthur get them clear. The day was very hot,

ri rs-t Caiiadiaii Lontingent. burning*-and aftera while we had to

*of the ti _ .

bereniembered that Lieiitenrint Plfik up soldiers who had fallen out

authough hclling a Commission ahead with sun-stroke, etc. The further

I 5 Provincial A. D. C.. on find-_we went the more numerous the cases dxfqld not get appointed as an otli- I became. They were Canadians, Gordons nhtmcontingeiit pliifkilb' ¢‘I\\iSf@d HS a _ and _Shropshires mostly. We would put

_I ,ne many other brave Canadians.

_W BAy|sri.».M. Sorrn AFRICA. ; Tuesday. Feb. 13th. 1900-

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Gordon Highlan ers, w 0 are

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_ them on our waggons where the hospital

imc gl abundantly proved their corps looked after them. gmghe Held of battle. I am now first rate after the journey

having had a swim in a pond near by. I We are about 12 miles within the Orange l State b0\111d8»I'.V. There was a fight here , or about 3 miles away yesterday when a number of Boers were killed; some were Captured, and there are prisoners here

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*d°dwm;nud}‘al1seo\maiiay others--horse tmm' T°'m°"`°“` we expect t° b° 1” 3

j#W°5’ ` _ ` `-`.S°¥`8~D- It iS getting dark and I must “"4 artillery. General McDonald is cIoSe_

dis very popular. I told

.°;‘:;n]:5;mhovv we had driven the F into the hands of another column at mum S Itis now said the Boers lost .kiudmd1,(lX) arc prisoners.

J Aconsn_u.u, Friday, Feb. 16, 1900.

So we are here. Our column captured this

place the day before yesterday and we marched in today. Early on Wednesday

_ We rmmilltd on duty at Richmond __ morning at 2.30 we arose, had some break- _ “fhpthc cavalry and horse artillery fast and started off. The country was 'vm mygy. On last Sunday H1811! I | fairly level where we marched, but it had Q given in charge of a party for the _ been burnt oil' by the Boers to prevent our in patrol during the night over the _ getting forage for our horses. “_ ABoer scout had be~n caDf»\"'ed As the day advanced it became intense- “mme day and we kept a sharp look . ly hot without any wind.

gfor the enemy.

12 o`cIock at night a body of men

.Ulm . ' am” approaching by the sentry.

A great many dropped from -sun~stroke, chiefly from the Cornwalls. A little after mid-day we reached \Vaterfall Drift on the

up and said they were a party Riet River.Here we halted and piled our ' ‘mlgtgrs sent out to relieve us and `a.rms a short distance from the south side

(_ _ I - ` gn were to march in to the camp at _' of the river,a.nd our section took the water

`.,,_ So we returned and found the

bottles of the Company to bring some

npgyéggoing, the inen drinking coffee , water. It was a peculiar looking river-

ngnging hard tack in preparation for Pig¢¢B¢lmont. \Ve hastily took some mfmhment. and in a short time the- “bmmww loaded with our blankets, l gp kettles, etc., and off we started by -mlight. When we reached Lovedale- mfygy, we rested till daybreak, ancl_’_ qmpgoeseded to Belmont-. which we had ‘ lcftthne weeks before. We found the ampehmged and everything bustle and ¢;¢it¢m¢nt,as the regiment was going riglitio the front with the Gordons and othm. There was no rest for us. \Ve kqnxhm one fatigue duty to another prepi-ing to start which we did at 6 otloekltit evening. I forget to say that wheiinptili Iwent to Fred. McRae‘s| tciitwlhduiexcellent breakfast with Nm--poi-ridge with sugar, etc-quite a tint. _ Well, to continue. We expected to mmlitoGmPaii w‘i~.re the battle of

Ediiisfunght, but diiilly we Went ilpl oiihtm. When we arrived, there ap- _ pemdtnbeareguiar city :of tents. It Vnofeoursedark, the train going very V slowly. We piled arms, and supplies were imiedfornn expedition of three days . mlimryrations for each man, and one mtioiiofconccntratad food very small iii dmpus, capable of keeping us fed for 7 0 lions.

At three this morning we were :=.roii.<e'l mdprepired for the days mirch. Our Company and “H” Company were the reukllard, and we .started in the rear of tlieeolunin. We set out at any easy

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Tlof Little Benefit Unless lt is

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N914! tveryoiic will admit that as a lation we eat too niucli nicat. and to little \f‘-'Qetables and the grains. lirbllsiness men, office men and clerks, Ill in fact everyone engaged in sedentary ‘l’il\l00r occupations, grains milk and '@\\bles are much more healthful. 051|! men engaged in a severe out door' llllal laborsan live on a heavy ment diet lflumtinue in health. 5" Sellers] rule. meat onie a day is suf- Bliforall classes of men. women and

more like a succession of pools, the water of a Creamery color and down at the bottom ofa deep cut which is doubtless full to the top ofthe banks in a. rainy season. the stream flowing in araging tor- rent. I found a good spot and fastening the lanyard of my knife to the handle of my canteen I drew up the water in that way. After we got back we marched across the drift by ii ford which was quite dry, and advanced a short distance down the river, bank where we camped. In the evening a ` thunderstorm came up and I felt some- what better, but all the boys were pretty well used tip. In the afternoon _they got the big naval 4.7 guns down the steep river-bank, across the ford and up the other side. In getting them up ropes were attached to each and about a thou- ‘; sand men took hold and pulled it up. There had been fighting all along of an ‘.1niI1i§‘f.‘1'tcnt character. _ 1

Early next morning we were again _,

astir and marched down the right bank of the river. A breeze was blowing in our- fziccs.but it was very hot iiotwitlistanding. In due time we uri-ivezi at Y\'egdral. our next carnpii:g'place_ After dinner I had

a good bath in the river which refreshed j

me much, Fred. Bla-Rae coming down with me. \Viiei1 we came back we found si. battle going on and went to a hill about tvfo miles distant and watched it for some time. It was part of an attempt of the Boers to re-take Jacobsdzile, but our horsemen were quite successful. In our march from the last camp we lost part of our convoy which was captured by the Boers. Our Coinpiinywcre marched out for picket duty during the night. This morning we were od' again, this time as guard to the two 4.7 naval guns Al- though the week was rather trying I was

feeling better and got through the march

to the town first rate. The guns are long and heavy, are hauled by 3-l oxen and are on two broad tired iron wheels with

I another pair of wheels att-ached behind on

‘ a. pivot from which a shaft comes back. The sailors get on each side of this, and by turning it from side to side steer the gun like a bicycle going backwards. We passed over the battlefield of the day be- fore and I picked up a mauser bullet as a Q souvenir. We found Jacobsdale full of l troops We v. ere encamped on a hill and

‘m'“’md S"`al“~"`=f1'“lI f'-ml Vegetables coming down. The men got some loot

'illlldconstitute the \~ii`ik of food eaten

Shmld b° taken after meals has been changed and we are to get up at

the relaxed ‘llgestlve 0l'8`3l1S» 1 20 to morrow morning and start shortly

lhtmany of the mos* nutritious foods ;§s0ng;ptI3;-1;? an;C;cl;;t¢a11?@g?h;0at;O:i?d

mamcult °f dl§@Sti0¥1 and lb iS Of H0 use sheep they could iind and killed them and Qwln “mi” bmi" W01`k€!`S YO 061 largely Of had lots of fresh meat. Just now some _ "mud vegetable* Where the diS`@3t'i°n l cavalry have come in with a big drove of 'has been U

t°°"°°k I0 f`~S-qifnilflte them D1`0P€l`lY- captured Boer horses. They say they are

be” to get the mst results selling for a shilling a piece We were to

Glllfood that some simple andharm march at si! this evening but the order / ‘

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__;‘l€t'eral years experience halve proven 3:ft,er. \Ve expect to cut Cronje off who |

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*.»&l0l~Bant and eiicctive digestive and w bg in full retreat. I have so little time '

uE`e`ily which may be taken daily with of my own that it is hard to gem m°m°”‘ Will be asked sometime for constructing-this bridge. We do not .propose 'Joseph Moran . g,,hm,,t~re8ultS` _ .i N50” d°“'” 8' “W “mes t° y°“’ but I Wm making tender, our line of BRIDGE WORK is cmlined to Teeth. Modern Dlwld Cimllben be sDyspepsm T2fh.1°t'S can hardly have ’““°h w “fu y°.“ when I get h.°'?°°‘ D tal Science has devised means by which decayed teeth or _roots may be »N E uma”

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Thomas Mallard, Gowan Brac,

Lazarus White J amos Howlett

Arthur McQuaid

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Bertram Ramsay David Marchbank

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Norman McDonald _

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Jonathan Beaton

Malcolm Nicholson.

William Munro

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Elliot Fraser

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John T Mellett

Jeremiah Jackson

William Pierce

Ella Prowse

George Younker ‘

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Alexander Macmillan

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Fred Carew

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