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THE "WHUSSLES" DID IT.

A correspondent of the Dunedin Star. referring to the report that the Highlanders, before they charged the Egyp^ tians at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, gave a ■"• wild cheer," says the statement is a misconception. He quotes from a letter written by en eye witness of the attack, and gives tbe "true" version, as follows :—" When the Highlanders were about . 1000 yards from the Egyptian entrenchments, every bagpiper in the brigade simultaneously struck up a pibroch. The effect on the Egyptians was like that of an electric shock. Officers who were giving the word of command suddenly became speechless; soldiers who were in the act of taking aim let their muskets fall from their bands; horror and dismay pat on every countenance ; and then along the line the cry burst forth ' The Evil One! the Evil One! God has forsaken us!'—and, throwing their arms to tbe ground and sticking their fingers in their ears, the pell-mell rout began."

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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4350, 9 December 1882, Page 3

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THE "WHUSSLES" DID IT. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4350, 9 December 1882, Page 3

THE "WHUSSLES" DID IT. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4350, 9 December 1882, Page 3

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