POWDER AND SHOT.

Kaikoura Star, Volume XIX, Issue 2053, 30 March 1900, Page 7

POWDER AND SHOT.

‘ The fnte awaiting the Boer Republics after being gobbled up by the British,’ says the New York 'limes, is not very terrible; the only right they will loose will be the right to oppress others.’ Fighting blood will show itself. Lord Dundonald, who distinguished himself in the operations in Natal, is a grandson of Lord Cochrane, whose exploits eighty years ago earned him a place among the heroes whose ' deeds have'won the Empire.’ The Boers were beaten at their own game near the Tuirela. A body of them advanced with a white flag towards a small force of British troops, one of whom, however, suspect io g treachery, raised his helmet on a rifle from behind a trench. The Boers, mistaking the action for a forward move on his part, immediately fired a volley, and were then charged with the bayonet.

An American journalist, who writes interesting letters from Pretoria, has explained in a few words the Boer methodsof fighting, which have already proved so disastrous on more than one occasion. He writes: —‘Their new mode of fighting is to put great numbers of their best shots, armed with Mansers and using smokeless powder, out on the flats in rifle shelters. On the sky-line ol the hills they post their Martini-Henry men with the old black powder cartridges. The latter are to draw the artillery fire, while the Mauser men in front are to shoot down the English infantry and cavalry at close quarters.’ A most praiseworthy zeal for nursing the sick and wounded prevails among the ladies at the Cape —a zeal which now and then outruns discretion. * Now, tell me what I can do, doctor,’ said an enthusiastic amateur, looking vaguely round a hospital ward at Capetown. ‘You should have learned that before you came,’ replied the doctor; ‘do anything that wants doing.’ The lady fixed upon a wounded soldier. ‘ Now, won’t you let me wash your face ?’ she asked. The hero turned in his bed-. ‘ Ail right, miss, if you can ’urry up,’ tie said. ‘ I’ve ’ad me face washed 16 times since breakfast, and there’s two more ladies I’ve promised. But I dessay I can get me snooze in before tea. The men of South Wales Borderers (The Gallant 24th) have won 16 Victoria Crosses, and it is said that no other British Regiment has so many • V.C’s. ’ to its credit —10 were won on S. African soil. The Welshmen commenced the century by lending useful help in the capture of Cape Colony in, 1806, and they are repeating their aid to the Empire at the end of the century. The Welshmen won great praise from the Duke of Wellington for their grand fighting nt Talavera—where, ot 850 rank and filo, no less than 365 were killed or wounded—and they gained further honors tn 7 other great battles of the Peninsula War, the Duke lavishly bestowing praise upon them for the way they stormed the defences of Burgos in 1812. In 1888 the Regiment covered itself with glory at the bloody engagement of Chilian-Wallah —its loss was 13 officers and 251 non coms, and men killed on the heights were the battle was fought and won. They won renown in the Indian Mutiny, and in Kaffir and other 8. African wars. Ckbtainly the best medicine Known is ' Sander and Sons’ Eucalypti Extract’ Test its eminently powerful effects in coughs,colds,influenza; thereliefisinstantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safestremedy—no swelling—no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, &c. ; diarrhoea, dysentry, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe, patronised by His Majesty the King ot Italy ; crowned with medal and diploin at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and reject all others