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Show AMAZONS ASKED NO FAVORS Women In Dahomsyan Army Compelled Com-pelled the Admiration of Thslr French Conqueror. An interesting account of the prowess of the Dahomeyan Amaions, the female furies who fought the French during their struggle with the refractory King Bebanxln. Is given by Mr. Frederic Marty n In his book. "Life In the Legion." The author, a former English officer, enlisted In the Foreign legion of France and saw Bharp fighting both In Tonkin and In Dahomey. "The turn of the Senegalese Tirailleurs Tirail-leurs came next. A battalion of A ma-tons ma-tons attacked them, and gave them a very rough time Indeed, but the Tirailleurs stood their ground until reinforced by some marine Infantry. Any one who Is Ini lined to sympathise sympa-thise with the Amazons on account of their sex ran be assured that their sympathy la mli-plared. Those young jwomen were far and away tbe best "men" In the Dahomeyan army, and woman to man were quite a match for any of us. They were armed with Spencer repeating riRes, and made much better use of them than the men made of their carbines. For work at close quarters, they had a small, beavy-bsrked chopping sword, or knife, very much like a South Amerl can machete. "Tbey fought like unchained demons, de-mons, and If driven Into a corner, did not disdain to use their leetn and nails. A marine Infantryman seized and disarmed one of them In thli fight, but she was so fsr from belni beaten that she turned on her captoi and began to bite his nose off. "The uniform of these female war riors was a sort of kilted divided skirl of blue cotton stuff. Tbe garmenl 1 barely reached to the knees. It wai I supported at the waist by a leathei belt that carried the cartridge pouch es Tbey wore little or nothing above the waist but on their heads the wore a coquettish red fet. or tarboosh ' ornamented with an eagle's feather These women wer all exceedlnglj r well developed, and some of then i were handsome tn their own way. ' We of the Legion had a good op portunlty of seeing them In action . and we were much Impressed will 1 tbelr dash and gallantry." Youthi ' Companion. i |