| Show filE O England In t e course ot of her history ns II et cory fighting nation defeats but never one f o to her national prIde as 55 tIer her Ile de defont tent font nl at Mill on 27 iby fleets ot of the tho Trana lull Tl she then Ihen that te de defeat feat was WUK due to the existence or of n a cabinet In England and the ot that putty part for tor peace at any i It Is to ne d ers era oompH camilli Great Orent 11 lit I n t l iii th the field In South Africa with tilt piCK ot of her army and her most mol trusted generals L February 7 It Il was wa ol Ott that day that Oen General rt Sir fUr an ot of nd undoUbted bravery it forced night march took up n a n the Ru df t with his hilt force torce or of six elx BrItish soldiers Since his defeat by b the tho Doers at Nek on lD January 21 his had been n constantly attacked by the burgh err ers s lId o on Im i IH t ale lc position ott on determined he to 10 on once mOre assume the The forces Oiled filled the valley allt JJ by the when whon they the tho position taken by bythe bythe the British forces torce the they manifested every cery symptom ot of ind made modo what at ened II a movement to retreat They rhey liol dId not do lit hO The of It Generals MI Smidt prevailed the DoerS settled down clown to preparations for tor nn an attack On the ht English side and the feeling that seIzes n a 8 When surprised by n a daring mo ment such ns as that made hy by the Iho to the days defeat To General CoUe Colby and lila his tile position ott the tho summit or of orthe the hill bill appeared Im Impregnable t Its lint top commanded the lie on eer every and ond seems to heave been glen given to artificial Hon The Tho however knew that the ide or of th the bill hili which rose precipitately tely the plain ll by deep cliffs and gullies Joubert tie dO Iq send a 11 ot of his and to cover their the In the valley o opened n a brisk firo Oil the tue soldiers on So the shooting ot of the floer that thal the English kept under c cover er as 1111 much nil as on only rising now and to retUrn I a volle olle Little harm was done b by this firing on either stile and so 0 ot of their se sec c were the soldiers with every volley olley they hurled taunts at the nemy In the For si III hours this thing firing was the length ot of time It took tM the two hundred and Boers who attempted the ascent to climb the hill bill Once there thero one part ot of sixty burghers occupied it small peak pen standing on the tho ot of the tho summit by I as volley II JuU pIcket that held it The rest ot of the Doer poured themselves over Iho bo edges ot of the mountain aM took the Iho Bold soldiers completely b by The movement cled that the I English force torce not nol to tI a realization of what had ball happened The They t tIt penned In to slaughter AntI all the efforts ot of their general his hla could not nol recall Its Ill The They precipitated down Ute side ot or the lull hili Into th the vey er or the Boers advanced 1 to meet theta them themA A handful of them to tight and bl be killed them General Colby Colley who when he saw aw all hope host took hili hui life lito with 1111 Id own hand Caln eron eran the war correspondent who vho was taken prisoner by the and the scene nil as one ot of the confusion The Tho defeat It at Laings Nek had already demoralized Ins or of British soldiers ler who felt isolated In II a strange country and tItle this nf new and startling attn k wall vas tO too for tor thom Pall Fad the men yielded td hi tit the ot of their the they could undoubtedly have withstood the attack ot of the Boer and would marl mark tl a page Illge lii III l English mill tory any ot Of Ih the sik Hundred h troops who ot of Hili over ocr three hundred were vere killed Sn In re retreat retreat treat The Tho IJ er loss lOBS to hoer Doer was only ou otto killed and live O wound wounded ended th the brief war ot of issi 1881 In I iss M then n a month afterward Mr dr signed n a treaty or of peace recognizing the Ind independence ot of the tho Weel |
