Show APPALLING BATTLE SCENE I Ighland Highland Brigade Was Swept Back Backby Backby by the Boer Fire Cut Don Daiwa b by the First ivors hor Broke al I New York Jan dispatch to the World from London says The most appalling hattIe pIcture from a British point or of view yet et painted b by a correspondent In the feld field comes b by snail from J B with Lord column I It shows the collapse of the Highland brigade at Describing th the effect of the unexpected unexpected Hoer Boer fire when the brigade was just bout deploying from quarter col column 1 Mr Ir writes SOI Some one shouted retire and the theda da day was lost host The broke and Is no other word for forI forIt wor I It In a few lew minutes the brigade had been decimated and the Issue decided They rhe dil did not run rums Ca far only a few hUnd d yards ards but when they the they were shaken shaleen and confuSed for hours Te They lay flat fiat on the ground between the British guns and the Doer Boor trenches At about 2 the Doer Boer rifle fire great greatly increased simultaneously the ate was s seen cn In tUI full retreat B Back ck they came came In 1 a WIe wave No o officer could stop stoll I it I It was perhaps the snout mOt un unpleasant unpleasant pleasant sight the British soldIer has hns over eer beheld certainly a sight never to tobe tobe be forgotten I It II is difficult to sn say what happened next until MoJor Major Ewar Ewart rode up with nn an order from Gen Methuen which was almost nn an entreaty entreat to the effect that al all he asked of the brigade was to hold the positIon until dark So rid dl dIed d and shattered was the brigade that l wurt had bad actually no other to help him give the order to the scattered men I It WI scan no small thing to ask of time that the they should again face the tho galling tire for or five fie mortal hou rs ra The fhe S rsS still pipers I a ver very played lair fair somewhat rl rally was doleful dolefully effected and the brigade at last got cot back to n a aspot spot where It ha had a 0 certain amount of cover coven There the men lay until Doer Boer gns guns till then absolutely silent suddenly cae came Into play I It wanted this last straw to break the nere nerve ot of the rallying When the frt first shrapnel burst what remained of the one accord came right back 1 as far as S the feld field hospital hope leral beaten for the day The They were not tt fit even eyen to guard the baggage TC They had lost 67 57 kie killed or wounded Could human nature stand mor more |