“LITTLE BOBS.”
« Little Bobs'* la beyond ell doubt The moot trusted eoldier of the Queen- The best General) said Napoleon* is he Who Commits the foweet mistakes—meaning thereby that all must perpetrate some. Bui JLord Robert* almost appear* to bo an exception to this rule. HJs career has been repeatedly associated with blunders, but ♦ hey were the blunders of others which he Was.oalltd upon to repair. Ho has been th* “deus ex maqbina'* of Indian warfare* From Cabal to Csndahar he made his' his* lorlc march in order to re-capture the gun* Which had been lost at Maiwand in con#©* qnenoe of a disaster compared with which i*ur recent reverses in South Africa may* Indeed, be regarded as of no account, , and be will equally recover at Pretoria the Oaunun which We lost at Colenso* JBut not Only is “Bobs” the soldier’# hero, he I* Ohio the soldier’s friend, who has dope no snd of things for the private’s welfare* A strict disciplinarian, Robert* is at the Same time a tender father tO; his ttoopa. and hence their blind devotion to him. Hv •exercise* ‘ Vpr his men that magnetic per Sons! influence which is, perhaps, the most Success-insuring quality in any commander'
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 183, 1 August 1901, Page 3
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202“LITTLE BOBS.” Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 183, 1 August 1901, Page 3
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