Show I 1 HEROIC LOYALTY engish soldiers soldier who sang 11 god savo sam tho queen in the pace face of death the pall mall budget lately had the following account of how maj wilson and his party met their fate in their attempt to capture lobengula on maj mai wilson and his party part y returning with capt borrows reinforcements to the kings in the morning they were received by a volley from part of the ingaba and regiment who had orders to take up their position on the road by which maj wilson and his p party arty would return on receiving the volley vo hey maj wilson retired into the bush toward the river but he found his party surrounded on all bides by natives numbering from twenty five hundred to three thousand at the very least the orders from the indrunas to their men were that on reaching maj fai wilsons Wil sons party they were to shoot the horses first this order the matabele proceeded to carry into effect maj wilsons Wil sons party keeping up a heavy fire all the time the horses which maj wilson had tied together in a ring were soon all shot the englishmen then lay down behind them and kept up a steady fire with such good effect that they succeeded in driving off the matabele for a short time but reinforcements arriving from across the river the attack wasi was again renewed the fight must have lasted some three hours A number of soldiers were seen to be wounded and their ammunition began to run short then the natives arnt air closer shooting anyone they could the describes maj wilson most accurately by his dress and the hat he wore and states that he was wounded in several places and covered with bl blood while another wounded man stood by his side loading 1 rifles and handing them to him maj M aj wilson W and his men fought desperately to the very last the said that as the supreme moment came the englishmen who were still able to rise stood shoulder to shoulder took oil off their hats and joined in a song the kind of a song that he the had heard missionaries sing to the natives the matabele then rushed up I 1 and while the men were singing what wc w suppose to have been god save the queen they were overwhelmed by the natives and assegai ed the n a estimated that the matabele lost eight to every one of the thirty four white men killed and said that loben gulas warriors la lay y round th the e dead white men like grass |