AN EGYPTIAN HERO.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1063, 3 February 1883, Page 3

AN EGYPTIAN HERO.

Among the long list of recommendations for decoration* and promotion* given by Sir G»rnet Wolseley’* despatch of October 24 we miss one name. Sir Archibald Aliion receive* high praise, mo*t richly deserved, for the gallantry with which he led the Highland brigade at Tel-el-Keibr, but the equally dietirguiahed conduct of Private Juno ha* been overlooked. And who is Private JunoP An old Irish Better belonging to that splendid regiment the Ist Battalion Gordon Highlander*. And what did Private Juno do that her name deserves public record f This: »he bravely ‘ rushed ’ the entrenchments at the head of the Highlander*, and displayed a ooolnea* inside and a courage which elicited universal applause, no more minding the rain of bullets than if she was out sn'pcshoot* ing. Whether she tackled tha enemy we do not know; thereat we can vouch for. But even if her teeth did not meet in any Egyptian leg, her appearance must hare scread consternation in the rebel ranks. Here, they thought no doubt, was one of the ‘2OOO bloodhounds’ which Sir Garnet Wolgeley was credited with keeping in reserve, and the dauntless pluck exhibited by Juno must have duly impressed upon their timid minds the awful consequence which would befall them if they waited for the arrival of her 1999 caninine comrades. They d ; d not wait, but bolted for their lives, with Private Juno merrily snapping at- their heels and as the ware of war rolled forward this glorious dog swept over its creit until its force was spent, and the Egyptian army was likewise spent. Such, then, was the gallant achievement which has endeared Private Juno to the Gordon Highlanders for ever. She was sufficiently dear to them previously, having Isng been the pet of the regiment. . . .

A silver collar with Tel-el-Kebir inserted on it would not cost much, and should any of our readers feel inclined to give a trifle towards this object, we shall be happy to receive and ■cknowledge the donations.—Land and Water.