| Show FEATS OE Wonderful Control Over Suffering Shown on the Battlefield London During the present war it has been proved in hundreds of instances that the British soldier of today no less pluck and endurance than din dis distinguished him in years gone bv by Writing to his friends at home one Tommy describes the amazing ex exploit of an officer in one of the battles fought by Lord Methuen The officer was only a yard or so away from him when he saw him Shot right through he the back Despite this terrible injury he the wounded men man remounted his horse and nd galloping toward the enemy he succeeded in killing three Boers Beers Hay Hav HayIng Ing ng thus had his revenge he rode back backo to o his company and lay down until he dould he be carried to the ambulance Hardly less gallant was the conduct of f one of the reservists a London gro gre grocer who belonged to the mounted in infantry infantry fantry He had the misfortune to have his leg shattered and ami twisted by a shell but ut he Induced one of his comrades to pull the damaged limn limb straight again and to turn him upon his face In tAle tite position he lay steadily firing upon the Boors Boers until his stock of ammunition was exhausted which did not happen bannen until he had fired a couple of dozen shots In the meantime his sufferings must have been terrible but he bore them with the greatest fortitude Marvelous bravery was displayed by bythe bythe the marines at the battle of While he was sounding the charge a ii bugler had one of his thumbs sot right off but he merely shouted There she goes boys and proceeded with his bugling as If nothing had happened In one of the armored tram train diana disasters a wounded volunteer behaved in a avery avery very plucky manner Notwithstanding that his ear had been shot away he ho continued kneeling in the regular position tion tio and firing with admirable coolness and precision With every crack of his rifle he would crack a joke and this had the effect of keeping his comrades in n good spirits and preventing them jetting getting flurried or excited in their shooting On the same rne occasion a corporal who was desperately wounded and lying on his back could use isis his tongue if not his h weapons against the enemy He ex ox exhorted his comrades to give em beans which they did to the best of their ability only those of the leaden I variety A sergeant who was pinned to the ground by a derailed track the edge of Which rested rented on his right hand deter determined determined mined that thet he would not thus be inca incapacitated Incapacitated for the fray While suffering considerable pain he dug his right hand handout handout out with his bayonet in his left and then proceeded to fire shots at the enemy emy emyA A trooper of the Border mounted ri vi rifles flea fles who had been hit no fewer than tan three times by Boer bullets was mach to his disgust sent to the hospital Un Under Under der his unwelcome detention there he chafed so much that he gave Iris his nurses no small amount of trouble One night he contrived to elude their vigilance and escaped from the hospital and af after after ter he had bad borrowed a rifle and filled his bandolier with ammunition ob obtained tamed from other patients he sallied forth to rejoin Ms his regiment The ar ardent ardent dent soldier was overtaken before he had proceeded very far and as he was still swi anything but fit for service he had perforce to return to the hospital and remain there until properly recovered Our men have borne their wounds with the utmost fortitude and cheerful cheerfulness ness A private of the Leicester regi regiment regiment ment had an exploding bullet through his arm which would necessitate air an On the way to the hospital however verlie he laughed and joked his only regret being beim that he would be beable beable able to have another chance of fight fighting ing the Boers At Ait one of the Gordon Highlanders pressed on to the attack after being hit in the leg and it was not until he had been struck by throe thre bullets ballets that he sank to the Then he t took ok out his pipe and pending the arrival of the ambulance sought comfort in a smoke When examined at the hospital he was found to have four bullets in one leg and two in an another another other Another leaden messenger had grazed his skin cutting a piece clean out white while one had passed through his helmet and no fewer than ten through the folds of his kilt Despite all his wounds the intrepid young soldier fully expected he would soon son he be fit for the front again A gallant marine serving In Lord column had one of his heads hands shot off cad and was the next mo moment meat ment hit in the foot Yet he would not give in until he was struck by b four bullets ballets in the stomach and thus corn com completely disabled Tommy Atkins retains his sense of humor even under the most depressing circumstances as was shown by an incident that occurred after the battle at Belmont As he was being assisted to the hospital one of the wounded was naked by a sympathizing sympathising soldier if he had any loot Yes in my crippled leg grimly replied the disabled war warrior warnor nor as he limped forward to the quarters quarters for the wounded |
