COLONIALS TO THE RESCUE

Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6713, 4 June 1900, Page 2

COLONIALS TO THE RESCUE

A BOER'S STIRRING TALE. A Boer has described to one of the Daily News correspondents the magnificent courage displayed by the Austra* lians when they attempted to rescue ihe /-j Worcesters who had fallen into a Boer "J trap. The fight took place near Coles- 1 berg during the struggle round that M town. H " It was a cruel fight," said the young Jl man. "We had ambushed a lot of the f| British troops—the Worcester*, I think _\ they called them. They could neither < J_\\\ adrance nor retire, we had penned them ' MM in like sheep, and our field coraet, Van - X J^| Leydon, was beseeching them to throw iB down their rifles io sare being slaugh- J|l tered, for they had no chant*. Just 7l then we saw about a hundred Austra- _\ lians coma bounding over the rocke in _____m the gully bekind us. There were tao^^^H great big men in front cheering t_m_^_^_\ on. We turned and gave them a rolM^M^M^Mt bat it did net stop tkem. They r^^^^^^H •yer ererytking, firing as thj^^^^^^^H wildly, ac men wh_^_^_^_^_^_^k\ a the^^^^^^^^^^^H t* the sho^^^^^^^^^^^H then the shot^^^^^^^^^^^^^H our mer^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M Th^^^^^^^M^^^^^M thenuelres to to_________________\ as they came j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H to the resoKe _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_W itJ^^^^^^^^^^^^^H and _\_______________________________\ »ur at i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H ■top thosej^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l into a^^^^^^^^^^^^H aroind^^^^^^^^^^^^^H but^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H ai as^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H were faitl^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H worse th^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H the ravin^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H "Our flald-coi^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l and^^^^^^^^^^^^^H ride^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l oificers-j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H Au^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H These the. for a man o^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l between j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H He was a« Mauser itt^^^^^^^^^^^^H the ro.^^^^^^^^^H waa awful to see themi^^^^^^^^^^^^l their rifles up against us^^^^^^^^^H rock* and fired. One &*_____________________! tkeir leaders fell. The secol^^^^^^H went down early, but was^^^^^^^^H He was shot through the groii^^^^^^^H dangerously. His name wr^^^^H MTaneray. There was an^^^^^^H little man named Lieut. '^^^^^^^H was shot through the heart. th* others I ferget; the men i^^^^^^H throw down their rifles; the^^^^^^^H like furies. One man I saw oh^^^^^^H on to the rocky ledge where Aldrecht was stationed. Just t^^^^^^H there a bullet took him and he s^^______________| and dropped bis rifle. Bi? Jan forward to catch him before he t^^^^^l overthe ledge, but tke Australian^^^^H Jan in the mouth with his clencher^^^^^H and fell over into the ravine below^^^^H was killed."