GENERAL KELLY-KENNY.
When Kimberley «u relieved, and Cronje made hi* hurried retreat, Genera Kelly-Kenny w«a eent in hot pursuit. Tlv British general Is a fine soldier, and ha. done excellent work iu many parts of th< KmpireHo was bom in 1840, and entered th» Army as ensign in the 22nd Foot in 186“ He served in China in iB6O, Abyssinia i. 1867-68) and since then iu many parts of lhworld. In 1897 he was made M:qor-Oen©nal o" the Auxiliary Forces and Boqjr«itinir> Thi; ?r>sit!ou he held »t the outbreak of the Boot Pan v There has been a romance of some kmtt about many aoldiera. General Kelly-Kenny’» la a peculiar one. When he joined th* Army, he, like many other subalterns, Wak exceedingly hard up. One autumn he wa* ut Brighton, and when wulkiug on the front «aw an elderly' gentleman in a bath-chair, who appeared to he suffering from some sudden seizure. The yonng officer ran to his assistance, and in the Ordinary course of events ah intimacy sprang up between the two. The old gentleman ultimately died, and left all his fortune—and it whs a very considerable one—to the man who is now with Robert*,
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 183, 1 August 1901, Page 3
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197GENERAL KELLY-KENNY. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 183, 1 August 1901, Page 3
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