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Show ' AtTEIt THE BATTLE. ScLnES OS T1IK FIELD WIltBE AKAIll 1'ASIIA WAS KNOCKED Ul'T. TliementiadbeenMiflerliigso fear-, fully from thlrvt before they reached the canal, that I taw tome of them iirliiLlngthe blood that ran out of uouudnt camels, sajs Arthur V. I'aliuer, latesergtantsievenly.nlulh Highlander, iu Sintlccuthvtntury. lieu we had drunk our fill cf canal wattr, the assembly" was mhiih.wI and the roll was called, when many a ivor fellow haU to bu marked aa "ati-eul." Men told one another of itieiruivenlurt, narrated their ts-capi, ts-capi, aud had time uowtoexamlne their b re leg, Jroni which much skin had beeulost Iu falling intoaud clamberiugoulof the treuilies. Tinniest Tin-niest rematkablo escape I rememter u that of a color ttrgeaui wlio was looking at the enemy througha oiuecuUr' when a bullet tame along, hhlTered the glasa, and Ibcu dropped Fpcut into lib moutii, from v huh he rjat it with the 1om only of a ctuple of teeth. Some ol us vtete detailed lu search the Kg ptlan camp to make sure that none of thu enemy remained lurking lurk-ing Iu it. A guard was sit on Arabl'a tent, through whkli I had 0-Mrd in adaiue, aud liau matched a cutkt fiom the table, little wotting to w hom teut and food Had belonged, I had the luck to chauceotrn small shed full of melon-, nuts bottlri of tall de cologne, thu ot Turkhh tobacco, and boxes of cigarette". 1 filled my water bottle with eau dc co'oue. my haversack w lth cigarettes, aud with a tin of tobacco, anJ a bottle of eau de cologne in my hand ft tut iu eanlioftny Captain. 11 u was not to U found In the tent of which the oSflceishad taken jisiou and 1 banded the call de cologne bottle to x in-Jor, an IrUhniau, uhoswal-loweil uhoswal-loweil the conttnU neat at a gulp and then exclaimed: "Holy Ioh-j. iant that good Mull!" to the great amu-cmrnt cf the other onl-ceis. onl-ceis. Presently I met my ciptaln, to nhom 1 gave the cigarette, jud shotted him where he could ,-et all lie u anted of It niois, loliac-co loliac-co at.d eau de cologne. He gave me a sovereign for my trouble. Volunteers were now called for to gn and iUt the Hounded. 1 made one of the party, and started well equipped, with pic In mouth, a haversack full pf cigarette", a aler-Oottle aler-Oottle full of enu de cologne, and plenty of watin, The signs of the oattlt field w ele gri-cjonir, now one looked at Ihitn in cold blood. The artillery li3d wrought fi-arful havoc. nniemler one Jieap of twtutj-fourcori'en, twtutj-fourcori'en, tome blown absolutely u.to fragmcutK, otbets iieadless, tbers with limbs lopped o3'. Some of the dead Egyptians were roartlng ;lowlyas tlieylay; their clothing had Una ignited aud was ttlli mjlderlng. A lean of the rifles came along, drew his pipe from lib 1'X.ktt, and lit It at out) cf thee i.Mlle. remarking somewhat brutally brut-ally it struck me: "By , I never Uiought 1 should Ihe louwndead Egytiaufora light tomyplj!" Iu the outer trmLh our dead aud wounded lay more thickly than Jiote of the enemy but in the inner trenchesand on therpaces betn ten, for one man of ours then-wire then-wire certainly teu Egyptians. In the redoubts the blark gunuer lay Juid or w ounded, almobt to a man, for they had been fattened to the iu lis and to one another byvmol! chains attained to ankle fitters, n, as t leave thorn free to wotk tin gun, but bliiderlng tliem from running run-ning awai'. Among them o r Lieut. Ilawon by mortally wouni-eI; wouni-eI; it utmeil bitter hanl, after hi-fiuehervlce hi-fiuehervlce In guiding the army, that he who hai cont I HilUtI o much to the victory thouli Hedging Hedg-ing iuUie hour of triumph. AVhea Sir Archibald Alison was told of bis being wounded he at once went to MX! him. "Jl.dn't I had them straight, ill?" wire thep'jIlumanV last taint words faithful unt duty eren tu the vuC" The liritwoundi-i map I attenJed io was ac Egyptian, who moans acre p.teou?, and on examination I found him severely wounded In the belly. I poured some enu de cologi.r ilow n h's throat and U-ed pi", i-u'gi-cal bandage to bind up the wcun.l , no as to keep tlie lilts from It. Then! I lit a cl,arette, put it in his m utl. placed more beside him, and gate h'm a drink of water. Ho fciv.i. my lnudand muttered something about "Allah." I had nut h ft bbn farwhtul heard thecraekofailll r aud a lullet whizzed by my eir. poking around I saw the Mii'.ke t r the shot drilling away fiom where my wounded man lay, ind noticed that he was quietly taking aim at me again, lie had time to fire a second shot, which also misted me, In-fore I reached him, and I had no fompunctlon in driving the life out f him with niybajonit, remarking tomyrelfasl took the weapon out of him for the lst time'Y ou won't come that gamo auy more, you uu-gratcfal uu-gratcfal brutel" ilany such lu stances of this treaiherous hate occurred. oc-curred. I myself had to wipe out four more wounded Egyptians whom I caught In the act or iinng at our men after they had pas-ed. rbrtiu tbeoayonetlutoaman who Is down, one feels to bo hatdly the thing, aud it was done reluctantly, but In such rate as I hax o described It was a clear act of compulsory duty. -r. |