Show t Famous sa m nT t r k friendly rivalry bat hse long bet a lie rile ride brigade and Ute the Klat royal lines u to h I i the i ur premier rifle I 11 tits tab b army The latter bel I tile the would m In U to talc talet pro p of the former which began H ae tin But I then th LII six Ix was u r Iud for In America sad wu u J 1 y among for a The c i I I forbade Ul the t of tore a Ir tt 11 within the ilm Ito 11 of the lea I 11 ud I III although t various battalions J fir of I n wag reI reIt sweat t tad had be e tn cn In 10 It tsa II i n when hn first t t r w n through to some linen then Lb UM elands were war If po oho obo rI f the tUon In there early It 1 t tsU I 1 to all n and a r l sial ial corps orp and so 10 It remained l rJ a II t l a lly until 1 Hence the claim f no r rule brigade or 01 old ninety f h ts bt be call called the or body of rt In the reg filar gas le IR well and this n m Ullon lueion I la I further supported by the tons u reed by the tbt who fleet arg I tie creation or of the In a aI play 11 letter Itter or viper to tb the I upper supper The They were wre nr very keen on mak making ing IlIr bats ball w were th there riflemen Two men IMn wr were seen INn to leave the ranks rank and ana ct toward the enemy It we wa felted tred they wr were but their sergeant mid Id the they were only bent on e A 1111 amusement and they found It In shooting a couple of t Frenchmen The Th active service ot of the rile wu we unceasing extending e rr far beyond tb the famous sieges and battles ot of the pen In all 11 of Which tb they were en aged ald There Thre 11 were endless minor at airs In which the rId rides G with Ith unvarying credit and nd WhIch are only recorded In bY tb the 1 loss they th entailed There wee fight on the Coo Coa Into which hi his Impetuous spirit led 14 him to Imperil his hll force toree against the I whole French army On that day cia the I rifle alone alon lot lost twelve ud and mn men a parallel with some ot of our recent tight In South Africa Again gln there Wit was a sanguinary I in the IJ pus ot of Vera another which w we almost a rifleman at fair w we that at al In 1114 1111 when hn 1606 1101 ot of them drove a out ot of a crone position and agaIn lit lott twelve officer and nd Myone men killed and wounded In the whole bole cam ca capalD the hd had and 1 men killed In with 1 officers and nd 20 Ins men wounded At IlA ajol alone alon the kilted killed and wound wounded ed d Wife were twentythree and nil Ita lien IDen U II lavish ot of or of the on thAt awful storming when OU perished li In the breach and one toWler himself In between the chAined blades and then suffered the enemy to dash duh hi his head to 10 piece with the ends or of theIr musket At Waterloo there wife were fourteen of VH WN l GENERAL BRABANT STILL HOLDING illS 1115 OWN IN I N II i sr n 4 M td e M i A q Nl a r e ar s fv Y M N I IRd Male e 1 C r S a H er r Mine 1 M w rp M rt A esi R W at r A a S Se r cos Y RAWn VM e w wu r r Ass a IrN w ww w a v vo vry 1 o 1 i hi P t d 1 l 1 ri yi ry y 4 d 4 t h ra a 4 1 v r tl M 6 t e er I C r vi a lb t e eY er r t ti Y i Cf C e w r 4 t n VI tJ The most recent feint cables cAbiN received from the front Indicate that Gen Oen Drabant Brabant who Is fa In Is a still holding his hili own This Thill picture ot of the tho town that figures so prominently In the news ot of the da day we w taken lust jUlit previous to the occupation ot of the place by the English when one ot of the Boer F commandos command that are now so HI but busy In trying to force torce the British general to capitulate wan wal drawn up In the market square for tor r 1 y war secretary towards the end or of O Onel and Cot the lion Hon William Stewart urged the Importance Im Ortance ot of having a regiment In the British army armed with a rift rifle I I nM arm The upshot of this appeal was wan the formation or of an ex experimental corps of I riflemen out or of detachments loaned by different regiments regIment and the total thus brought together at Horsham Harsham In amounted to twentysix ot of l liters and U non officers I and min men The rifle or weapon ot of pre II i I given to them was wall the Baker BakerI I the de of a 0 London who carried off oIT the prize at a com t 1 In which rifles from America France Germany Spain and Holland were pro 1 dued and tried The Baker Daker rule wan wall wanI f I with a quarter turn It ItI I nine and a halt pounds the I bullets were twenty to the pound and andl andI I I It wee WIS fit at yard Wooden t l mallets were at first used tiled to ram I down dotI the batla but this WU we soon lOOn dis It may be stated hll hate that thattie Ille tie Baker Daker rifle hell l ld the ground until UtI when It 11 was wa replaced by the thet t I Brunswick with two grooves grooM And a baited ball blI the Lancaster rile WI was first used In th the I Kaffir wars In and In inI I 1111 on the outbreak ot of the War far the Minnie was adoPted for alt all branches of the service and the rifles I lost their at as such being belne armed hereafter with the same weapons as a the rest rett ot of the line After Arter one short hort spell ot of native Bolin service I the experimental corps and ed Into a regular regiment on the ot of August Augut mss under the command ot of Its III projectors Colonels Colonel and Stewart numbered the and nd sometimes known as a sharp harp shooters but honored finally with the title ot of rifle brigade In 1116 to which the queen add added addi ed In UI 1864 the distinction of at the Prince Own Th The old has hll never quite the name N V 11 b by which It became beeam famous and the I is preserved In 10 the quick step tep stepto to which It marches marche on tate state the well known air Im flirt Im The rifle corps owed much to the seal Ifal sealand and of Its Ita Rest real commander Colonel Stewart Colonel Manningham we wa one of the kin kings equerries and eO constantly absent at court Stewart was Wa ahead of nt his hll time and realised the value of oC mental and of giring Ine lectures on OD military duties dulin ot of teaching hi his men how to be become become come comb expert marksmen ot of athletics and d training them to tn marshand marsh and move DOY rapidly The corps corpt had also allo tb the a of beIng under the or dens ot of Sir John John Moore when he tint first introduced the system of tight drill or skirmishing which was Wat the parent of at our present loose lOON or broken order ot of attack From that time forward the rift rille took their niece In tb the post Ot ot of chief da don ers anti headed every ad advance advance vance or covered every retreat It was wa the constant effort Clort everi 0 of their to and glance In their men mach small parties Pirtle could be detached even single riflemen to reconnoiter to bring down fire and so locate the en enem enemy em emy to 0 hotel hold them In chICk check If too adventurous and prepare the y way y by holn all was II clear for tor the attack Nevertheless they suffered inthe In tb the beginning of the peninsular war ar from that earn rash daring which has often COlt coat our men dear dar In this pre pr eat Transvaal war In the ver very first brush with the French some riflemen were severely verl handled solely said Mid Wellington through the impudence of their and the dash aab and nd of the mon men Again at a rile officer wea as beard continually ordering his bl men meD to keep bark back and ret get under undercover cover conr Do you think you are fighting with your our fiats h he crIed that you ou run 1 silo Into t the he vet very teeth ot of the French They learned better as a we are now lOW lOWI I In South Africa by ants Their shooting too bec became me dead deadly ly Iy ot of course at the short ranges that modern marksmen would despise but the conflicts In those days da were at ai mot moat hand to hand Thy They still per performed formed feats ot of daring but with more mort dropping on to unu porting pickets picket and creeping up close clote to fortress wall walla so 10 ILl u to pick ort off ar et at their nuns lUna Moreover they poor proved that they could wield their word sword bayonet and thus thul tab the value of the ride at close quarters quart u Ii well as al In Ion long shots ahot Wellington In tb the peninsula paid them frequent well deserved compliment mints ment One On du day the French were out ot of a wood by the rifle rinn to the ad nitration of the whole army rm another at a narrow for tor defeat a handful of rut rifles and othe others with withstood stood thrice rf repulsed And eventually pursued A whole French army corps corp and Wellington In hi d dispatch styled the action to be b one obe of ar the th mOlt moat cue OUI that British troops were eves If en engaged In During this fight ft ht a rifleman who was aiming at a French men man left him when whan a hare rot Cot up sad lAd killed the latter When remonstrated with b by his hili captain the mn man replied I CAn kill a Frenchman an any dal but It is III not al alway alway way that thal I can bag bai a hare for tor your t I f qI I IMaY rT V r Vj If i j t 1 1 y r yc i M t tn tM c n to 1 tr 1 t err t tA A rr t Ai Aia i w I C Crr oj fJ a l LJ t V J t tM s ss M f f ff ft fA fi s tI t A i t tr i I r 1 i eE iF eEC t F C L 1 r rP t k kh tf ht tL 1 h I J I I IV Ik IJ j f r V k 11 J If h I Ii i from rum where when all in II awaiting news new out against heavy odds Is II long been holding Cot Cel who ho has l w reported dud dead The Tho picture shown hown herewith le raid Id to hi t the teat t ever er pub ot of thus British officer whose bravery arid ud hue have won Oft for tor hint hi Cat Is 18 only a few Cn neUse U from the h admiration ot of a MUon cf M 1 hing and ad the may coma IM almost an any day 44 that the tai ball been re reI 11 1 Liner are repeating the story lOrY ot of J d death w whish the I war office denies the Rifle brigade engaged and the duke used then continually against the enemy s skirmishers They were to the front In the scene when the Im Imperial penal guard was Wal routed muted and were er tak takIng taking Ing up the glad of our line Just u II Wellington checked them with No cheering lade lada but go on and complete your our The IUne brigade with Its splendid record came to be considered I a carps and d no service abroad duro dur durIng In Ing the years that ela elapsed ll between Waterloo and the first wars when thy they again took the field neld as being especially far tor the work v In hand They were wre still aUlI the only h troops troop carrying arms arma ot of precision anti and theIr weapons told with great effect contributing materially to the success successful ful termination ot of the war In the Crimea their was for forever ever eer pitted against that of the In trench and rifle pit and In the open at the Alma and At the latter battle the they were wre among the first reinforcements on the ground and were ert sent forward Into the fight with the reputation of being troop that tUl could do Our French were wre In their lIral praise of our rifle riflemen men Man Many mn men won the Victoria cross some lome ot of them were wert In an all the at attacks attacks tacks upon the Redan end and more saw the tall fall ot at Two battalions of the JUlie Rine brigade were hurried hurrle out to IndIa their first there when the mutiny our n mm primacy and they took part In the battles around and again inthe In Inh the h relief and recapture of Lucknow After helping to crush cruh the contemptible ble Fenian raid In Canada they were e called to sterner terner work In Ashanti Ute they went to India again for tor the Afghan Atchan war and the Burmese annexation lest lut lutor or of all they joined for hl hi final advance on After want wand the Second ond battalion was shut but up In L Ladysmith with White having been tested In the early battle batU and A AAA A A AA I I another battalion the First t w was In brigade under Duller on the Tugela It It is worthy of note not that tha till this last lut It is commanded by Colonel Norcott a rifleman by br descent for 11 he re the third generation which h hs served ned la In I Its tanks while the Gen Oen General eral I is also aillo II a rifleman end and andeo so eo for tor the tastier ot of that U Ia Air Butler Buller but of the other corps the Six The meally famous regIment the Sixtieth or King KIne Royal with an viii lit larger larr and nd longer bat battle tI roll lIat dales from the th year IU when tour four battalions of foreigners wife were raised railed for tor service In America The r nt known as a the Royal American Will was dressed In red and was Wat equipped with without out rId rides u RI an ordinary regiment of the tins Its Iii early services wire were against the French and It helped In both the II siege ot of and Wolfes great victory at Quebec while later latr In the wr war ot of American Independence It WaS eves constantly employed aide Ide by side elde with the regular regiments The lIt first Issue ot of rifles duel does nut appart to have been made to the Lloyd Americans American until more than twenty yearn eRrs after peace with the United States although their value had been fully shown by the colonists who carrl carried d them and by the hunt hunters ot of the tar fr West Nt A fifth tallon was ws raised railed In 1792 S clothed In Inn green n like German Jaegers and armed now frith rifle ot of American or foreign plan There were several veral other foreign legations In the British service but not net noton neton on the British establishment at this time Weld Wald steins a r regiment ot of Dutch rift Two or of th these and Lown Lowen steins formed the basis of the Fifth battalion Royal Boral Americans Americana which shortly afterwards we wat given ghen the Baker Daker rifle the nI an the Ito It colonel was Vas a 0 Baron Daron de Rottenburg a soldier of fortune who had fought tou hl un under under der the French nag flag had been In the Neapolitan army and had commanded a 0 regiment of Poles Pole Throughout the peninsula It was looked upon as 18 a for tor foreign eign regiment and W was S often called the German aerman Riflemen or the Fifth battalion of oC the Sixtieth Germans The other battalions Were stationed at Canada and the Veat Indies and two to more mor the Ih Sixth and Seventh were raised also allO of Germans Germane and an Eighth at Lisbon of provincials All this disposes or of the question ot of seniority with regard to the JUne brigade Not the least leut did the Sixtieth give ghe splendid service In the peninsula They were In every battle every siege and In the numberless email engagements engagement which In inflicted great lOll losses although the meritorious work done la often unrecorded In history ry They In missed Waterloo by their absence In AmericA but they were rt foremost in ID IDall all the fighting all at a distance from horn home which broke the otherwise vernal venial peace In the Sikh wr war In the Indian mutiny In China South Africa against and Zulu In tan In Egypt and In the relief ot of the kill kings royal rifles played their part with the same me unvarying gal Pantry Now there are three battalions battalion In South Africa emulating the prow prowess the tenacity and pluck ot of their prods Two were wre shut up In lAdy Ladysmith smith with White having exhibited the finest spirit In the earlier episodes ot of ottile tile the campaign of North Natal The Th tint fret battalion led the attack at Talent Tant hill where whre Co Cot Gunning was 1 killed at the heed hd of the regiment they thay cleared the heights ht of Elan and with the second battalion held beld out sturdily at hill bill where when Cot Grimwood ot of the regiment acted a as Time The third battalion part of Lyttle Lyttie AAA AA y CZAR IN A THREATENING ATTITUDE 1 i t 11 1 k F Fit i it tt 4 rr i IU t iJ I ec jt r i i 41 1 f r T y lW t I Jf 1 e i 1 y i t e eI h I 4 I J Jat t at t I I I I w wAll I All today help with I toward and UN the cr Carr u the tt 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