THE CELT IN SERVIA.
Tl'if Li>uibut correspondent of t!t*r Dsi!>Uu Fr iv,n>*)f» Jn",■••<(!, giw«* t LttJ At UK'S Jit .sketeft of » fighting member *>E the? C.-Itttf family, kUd' with the proverbial tendency of the race t'j whieh hw I*, longs (inds tifa way t<> that ip;art; rof tht* yE*»!.« in which a "alun ty," ■•»;.£ ♦ <;• tlcsL?, M going on, and a* might be * specie d, iui.tui.vily turns up. ju.- c now, in A remarkable gentleman wh<». a fewyear* ago,, was very well known in military circles iu Dublin, u »•>;*• making his mark with tlie Servian arm;.-. The career of this »'/' L.* ..vrc/.nEy a remarkable one. Ho first uva «..;t the se-.-ne in India rfhoi-fty the mutiny. During that sanguinary struggle he faced death a hundred time;., but hj« c;mw out with only a severe sc dp wotmd. On one etc."sion a Sepoy whom he ran tl»r.»ii«h the body nearly ha I the best <»:' it, but being foiled the Sepoy iu Ms rage spat in thy s- itilter's faee. At'fer the mutiny he went to America, wh -tv he j"iu ;d the Am:;-. ;vud b-v itne " major •»£ cavalry. fit; served e> lue end ♦>; war. b.-ing n rvn t;-.mri l.' L Hu t:tw*n turned his sit--p.-* to Aun-nri. u hytc iuj tonned a toivi ,u iegion and :viw s.»xny i-vrvit;;'. In city »•£ I»:U'U<H Ayiv.? hu had t<> %h* t--r his Ui'o. with hi.* .-r.v<»rd killing two' of Ui.; i.i,l:-:rir;. {[•_• joined the Cu!>»ri tu»nr;vut;;, w;i-i t-.k'.-n pri.v ►n-!».% iu>udt'uuit'd to ii-i .-hot. bnt e.'.c.tpC'.!. K>v ; itU iri eh;: rivtan i'«a '" • ny* dt:o- Mc i:i 7»I At'twr that v»\; no hear of ht'a in Egypi; : ru<>rganirfing t'.>; Kh-; livt-'a t'orc.'.". lis s Hu nust upbear.'if iu titj midit *»•£ taa fray ; iu Franc.', and when the Ujrmaru a" j h-ugth put all further rc.ibtantft? o;;!; of the ♦pu »idnn, our hero iviurn.'d t ' I>itMi:i iu tHT-r where fn? w;w s vnj ti'.n i'f t.vt: Lirtl'V. S k Miu ;u:\C olaiiu -d hU ;iti- nth-ii. but, alfchimgh dt-.iirin •' t" jol« tlie L'.-.rl'L-r.'.-t, an in.;uruM»n;ti -Jde dh.iuutty and Hi* rcl'irn.' I i-o Jwhere, iu t, hv lr;.u a '^r^i-ciLr tthh\i tnd'jd iu a t'h.'.Uengc. «.<%>uung t»» Loimlou, we ut.'tl to jt.-e htm not unfre* • pifutty tn th« S-.ntnd aud FL'ft-.divs't, but the tuotuvfit war br »ky <»: it in the E:wt he tU.sia[ipuart:!d. Inc :d bar-Uy say that thi-i ficidj t' l >rr.: :c s > far i.; nvm. .wrb" the gallant d ?>l"Jvor, who u"tv emutnar; U r.bofit l.fVli) ei"-a!'.y in t ;e war i iv Tut k>u
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 249, 8 February 1877, Page 3
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419THE CELT IN SERVIA. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 249, 8 February 1877, Page 3
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