Show GENERAL fOUBERT 1 1 Told an wh the Bore Boon Shot at O r Lieutenant Colonel P F Robertson late ate ot of the cond Gordon HIgh HIghlanders Highlanders landers writing to th the Times relates a acone cone with General Joubert at Newcastle Natal In 1881 1811 The WM was deploring the number ot of casualties among our om rl on the day of Maju ill 01 ba Oh replied General Joubert we J Jp give special instructions to our men al ways was to pick off orr your Thank you said Colonel why Vh are wo we to receive so ro much attention Gen Oen GenI I reply wu wag Your officers are aN fit fitall nU all rIch and srI are quite ot of n nour can erne into f a four ayour your our profession you your our arm army and leave It when fu a please but your our privates are poor m men s E sand and tho they cannot get Iet away when please and the they must when they are orth red to and It Is bo bon they gat rem el their living Besides we C hut have no e cm eel reI with them and we e do no Writ to tokUl kill kUl one of them It If we can 11 help elp It Colonel Robertson then Ihen told t tit ht of the promotion of at Hector MacD n from the ranks and the claymore the officers ot of bl his had present presented s sod ed od him with TIN The Was ItS munch e interested and said a 8 That brave o oaten must b lave W c sword rd hack a agile ln t 1 Pl 11 uteri t a Transvaal for It and offer 45 6 rew reward n In for It Yom Gen Jau rt sa say the colonel colon I ra ov c er r ered L hector sword from a Boer who w he heard tM the d to 10 ty t ta a accept pt the offered reward war and Joa t In n handed his word sword ba back k to Ot fit Is to be Ja aa said lId the nl rI 11 mar bt be n a nto to remember these things to their ored It It |