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ated four miles up 1,000 yards of the trenches infmnt l stronger position of the Boer laager. All day they lay ce occupy- on. the open plain protected only iver which by hollows in the veldt or by ant h of 160 yards wide hills: and all day IHBTRBDC up an hanks incessant fire on the enemy. Be-

d f th Modder River, he pre- Cronje had retre (continued ‘mm p": 1) --- giro: to flight to the bitter end. the river to a stil

The surroundings of the coming

ed as natural fortresses. and dong~

as and gpfﬂilg that gave n de- To the ‘north of Paardeherg in- was here a ditc

numerable copies, near and far,

_ at Wolveskraal. his for “Film swemhem kopjes mm Se“ strife were tranquil] and lovely. ing two miles of the r

and about fifty deep, \vith

fending force natural trenches’ towered heavenward. On the east deeply wooded.‘ Here, at hay he . - 1h i b lent, Modder flowed, wind- had dug himself in.

ﬁrs! Experwnces at the Front in; slllitllivard its course with trees

and rushes scattered along ihe The Bﬂiilﬁ Relvm"

embankment. Gradually the British

forces closed round the laager.

0n the following day the (inund- inna iliaeuilinrked and encumped at Green. Point Common, three miles from (‘ape Town. But within a few hours orders came lo proceed for- ward. and next morning the tents were struck. The destination was Do Azir, u railway suiiiiil’ 116110! iii; Nnriiitru (‘ape (‘oloiiy, Filiii iiiilvﬁ‘ from (‘npo 'l‘ov.'n. The rciiiiiiPiili viii

int-d nftci‘ an lliSlhﬁifllllll liyi . frvd Milnor, iiiw Pll lllt‘ m1 ll mi iiiliii" imiwlgv nppt ‘ illlifl‘. .»\i l)“, Adi‘ ill('_\' gut tlirii’ fir<t innit: i" ~\i'rit'aiii uvailliev ivliriii n >'a|!\|l Iil id swept llui cnnip‘. around. \\'|ii.irl* tlicy ?~\\'\'ll.t*l“Cll for four days. Kimlicrliiy, Iii? llllll‘5 from flail’? 'i‘o\vn, was at this time closely‘ lie- siEgod, and a ilctcrinined effort was living made by tho llritish lo relieve it. Orderd forward on Dec.‘ 6th, and arriving at the fortified vllrilllllllllPlll of Orange Itiver, thug‘ Canadians learned that General‘, Mcthuntfs line of communication‘ iiud l)(‘i‘ll broken between Belmont. nud Orange ltivci". Flxpertiug n; night ntlnrk. they slept in iiieiri i-lotlir»; with their rifles and, nccoutronionts beside them. A fewl days lntor iluiy [iushod on to 1301-] lil0lll for outpost duty, where they rvinainrd for two wcnry months. The place had been one of the first battlefields of the war and was still littered with battle ilebris and the unburied carcasses of mules and horses, from which, at their approach, flocks of vultures wheel- ed heavily away. Here they passed Chrisiinns—at one hundred in the shade.

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THE MCRAE VETERANS

now farming in Saskatchewan.

28th Saskatchewan Battalion.

How the‘ Canadians Croued The

When General Lord Roberts, who Modd" at Paardeberg, Feb‘ 18th.

superseded General Buller as Coni- mander-iu-Cbief of the British forc- cs, began his advance, the Caiiad- inns, on Feb. 12th. wore ordered to form n conjunction with the 60,000 troops at Graa Pan, where, upon arrival, they became a part of the 10th Brigade, joining with the Duke

breakfast, but almost simultaneous- ly came parade orders, and at 7.20 a. m. the battalion marched out to _ ,_ , _ support the artillery about a mile fgviillbnglll" glzlilltull?l“n§r_lf;h ilhe eastward. it had gone lint a short run“: unify,“ FL flijilrﬁi r‘l“'l=_\_"wl_'l' distance when it was ordered back (“H m‘ IL _zudlfv"'h;e coanﬁglﬂ hi0 the ford to cross the river and _ . .' ' .. . . ' ~ -' iudvnnoe zignin-st the Boer entrench- .\lli_l'vl l.\ili"l‘i|l hiiiili-Dolncu. » lllliflllﬂ.

ROBERTIS ARMY i'Tho llrl0illll-‘éf was in flood, the v ,v.'nu_>i' over four foot deep and rush- , ‘ livoriiliiiig Willi now rcniiy ym-iiug \Vi.‘>!l\\‘{ll‘(l with the speed oi’ noun-in; plnu iii llilnll llllliSS tho ~11 mill-rare- Tivo crossings ivere Vﬂlill, rciicvv iiiiiiiiiirloy. crush ‘ii-‘Wd- A "We “'05 Billing across rt I (‘ronji-‘i; (‘flllilllilllil nnil iHlVZIHCOEUXIl‘ will Piiiil- Willi iiif‘ iirﬂl-‘iiﬂilfiW trluiiipiinnilv on ilioi-iiifouu-in. liio _~ii this. iiiiii vi ti"! blliiillloii rvuvlr. iii-pm“. pin“, gum. cupiiur Fm- hiﬁivtl tlir- nortlicru liniik. At another‘, pfqiul 1",],- h, m,“ ; s;‘\l]]‘)le() a [ford lhe m-eu linked ilTlllS. und four-i l-;|\'1|]|'_\' tin-inn,“ mp1. _ qjor (;Qnur_illt‘l‘li crossed the MlPUillll in dunner, 2.1 Fl"‘iltll, twri llYlK ‘

divisions nriﬂf lIPlllK swept away by tli , illlYlllllUTil flood. As lli(‘ Ctlillliilllllh‘?!

nriiIl|-r_v uudvv ir Gviu-rnl, fiiurgiigii], Ihfg-Li ' .40,“ of ivbilltllllfdl they formed lip on the illﬂl-ly, the iitli, Tili nud 0th, uurloribzinka mid wniicd the (ll'ilt'l' in

Dlujlii‘ ll‘lli‘l'lll l\'=*ll_v-i\'uniiy, I\i:ijor"“l"9n""< Al l“ ‘L "L “All “ml “C” (is-iu-rzil ’l‘uclil nnd liicut. (lPllPTZll“lnnlpanhjs rmlched lll“ ﬁring “n” (‘nlviili- YUSIL‘ ivly and :1 ]1()\\-it7“,r~llll(llll 1300 yards from the Boar's inﬁll-r)". n unvni cnuiiiiiriiiil of fourit"l’ll°li“~‘- q)" Finil “l‘1" Companies LT auxin and four lil-poiimlvrs un-lfmllﬁ"?! m" WWW“ “"11 "WY llPl‘ (‘zipiziiu lZnurrofi (if tho ‘HG’, “ml “W, the reserve- The "Pliiiliiiii-l." nlﬁiltll-g “m; ﬂghunéillflvls lind the position marked and foru- thgl-n ha" m...“ brown, u, hogan firing at long rnugg, but yvqlnq- m" transpm.‘ “.“g,,“_g_ gmoltliti (faiundinns vniiziiiiljv ndvnucod “Hm.” llriwrh. and (Wm. 11,000 across tho open plniii toward their inning “m1 “XML ‘invisible foo until their right was

within 40o yards from the Ulléllly. (in Full. 13th i110 9th Divisign

(‘Ollllliﬂliftfil u niurch flint lasted ul The“? “"15 no Shell“ "o!" the in‘ ivvvk. 'l"l'io town of Jncobsdal theyi“‘"‘5°1l’ m” 5"“ “ml "B" “m9 (‘zipllirtil with little difficulty, but 1mm "19 enemy's Mauser ballets. In Imilirliiiinu-ly [he [mm-s “uccivgdefl itliu afternoon u (‘nnndiziu Maxim ‘gun was brought across the river

iii cutting off n large convoy and‘ i)“. "Ho, “w”. m, mm rations [Orland from n position 1.000 yards on

ihri l'i‘iIlillllll('r ngihc march The tho lnft helped to keep down the (‘niuidians hull 31 officers and S50 3°“ “r9- lll)ll4(‘(ililllllliklliillﬂfl - - . i'l1‘ll ivlicn they lirnkeolctzllilli? unzlualll M 5'15 n “L xlllnlhq Callndluns H’ N14,"! “n! "u, first days mﬂrchioept a part of (v and H Coin- ‘ mm {my Hwagglors m“ behmdipauivg were in the firing line, nnd E 5;. "H, lwolvc mile Hump to RamUiat this moment Pol. Aldwortli of . [:;|m_ The hem w“ mums and the ‘the (ornwall Iloiziuiont ordered‘ a mm.‘ “hnost unbearable. on t edgennral ndvzince. Tllvﬁff! was n wild second day twelve‘ miles wcreiiiish for the Gflﬂlllys trenches lini (“Uvprpqi m“; at “vmervnl ten more it was stoppedvaflor nn advance of men were unable to go forward 200 yards. by a murdornui fire. wilt n", regime,“ "are the 0mm” Aldworth himself was. killed in the “m, assisted ‘he “an, gunﬂucross first volley. However, the ground me Rum M 6 ovdock o“ the monk gained was held until darlg, when m! o‘ Feh “m, an" covering orders were given to collect the. ‘wentwhme “mes b’ forced march dead and wounded and to retire the us“ “m”. the, "mhed to the drift. The Canadian puraeberk» DH“, M.” on the casualiiaesmlrhthi: ill-advised ‘attack __1 l‘ ‘ihQé-l. cf at,‘ 'ho hiarnedlxsﬂm‘ (lv- 3 -ﬂ0llﬂlﬂj lD¢_3 A ,. s, ‘or his roputpolpy ‘a the In, _V M. V '- _1 -> .,;.-. i r "w" it-" 0o am mm the-illllod ammunition .

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‘iimoouded, wl‘ 1 ' . _ n-»»i-;T'°° i’ '-""~ "i rafist-isiizzit~..zr...ri-iir:z. ‘i.

. erbium gown u ‘he no“ “b was among the wounded.

“m”? Q .1 3°Cﬂtl| was el-‘ollowlng a bitterly oold night

, m" '. 7o I I * terns, ape in the open, and. for the most

completely surrounded, lint scour-ma 1i n hlankotntlie caud- ,.

t wt: alkali: I a "llliﬂoa this: to comparative quiet.

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in. the afternoon-(Feb.

19th.)

Left to right: hiacliiue gunner (now Mayor) Fred B. hicRae, serv- cd thirteen months with the lat South African Contingent, ‘- ‘ V ~ .1‘ ‘R b t M R' .2 <1 M nt l Rifles, was l\(lllll*]lillnl§t3al{l\'?3ll‘n€ll(3 iggllpliilittl: El: thecsdieithnikfrigliln iv“, now farm- through o“ the 26m- whe" the ing in Saskatchewan. Constable D. P. McRae, served nine years in the 30rd“ w“ Maw" 5U“ ‘iliilililr- South African Constabulary. and fifteen months during hostilities, égguszgamé$yl$agﬁigugfg iz-hleliézemgf

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the 20th the battle was resumed.

Immediately upon their arrival-pm, ¢anad1an5_ with the iii Pﬂnrdebers DY"! ‘he Ciinildlans shires on their right and the Gord iis men. and in a main made preparations for an early one on their left, moved m within

Shrop~

mullet-hart ,8. Brown. l. Hurdle‘ L. ll Slhlll, o. rmwm wm, lilxilrohriok-i. yuan». in may Frederick 0. lune, l1. i Nollon lrunulll Juan Inﬁll II: ‘ C! ' i‘

I l-‘BQL Tqﬂlj. gw ' inset) Rev. Theo. rnh mo: Chas. for.

hind them, howltzers and naval guns rained shrapnel and lyddite ishells into WolveskrnaLJJut so well had the Boers entrenched them- selves that they suffered few casualties. At 6 p. m. the bugle re- called the Canadian regiment to its bivounc.

For two days following the Canadians were free~fron1 rifle fire, but suffered from continuous rains. 0n the 24th, they returned to their old quarters at Panrdolierg Drifi, now all a mud-hole. The

Boers loo suffered. Down the swoll- en Mndilei‘ River, (luring twenty- iour hours. past the (‘ziuzidinn camp, were swept 700 carcasses of horses. cattle and n few bodies of men. The Modder was the army's only course of water supply and its contamination cost the British heavier loss than did the" liner rifle fire. 350 cases of enteric fever iIBl/Plﬂllilu; in the Canadian regi- mcnt alone.

PAARDEBERG, FEB. 27TH.

CYOMQZ“ position ivns now do".- pcrate. Willi him were about 3,6111‘:

’lIlil about him were 35.000 British troops. Each hour lessened tiiu

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men and a few women and children.

EHHHCPS of a relieving force colu- ng to his rescue, and so tightly were tho lines drawn that he saw .10 opportunity of breaking

Another McRae brother, Alex. Jones McRae, who was too young m‘! a“ d“? kept “P a Mead? 11"‘

to enlist in uie South AfricamWiIr. served in the Great War with the mm iii“ “We Pﬂnilii- _ _ V_ lt was determined to storm th v Boer position on the 27th, thg SOUTH AFRWAN WM ' the Canadians advanced to within anniversary of Mainba Dav and ' 3,500 yards of the Boer position. On he Canadians were chosen for this river he stationed, from left,“ irucial act in the drama. To Col. rigth "C", “I)", "E", "F", "G", '

Otter was left the disposition of "H" Companies numbering in trench 500 officers and men. "A" Com ‘- running north and south from theiwas on the south aide of the ri ~

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