A SUBALTERN'S LETTERS.
Sixty Years Ago.
The interesting review we print below is taken from the Tierna Literary Supplement. The cau altern" was the late General Sir : George Digby Barker (Lady May's father), who was in Hongkong from 1800 to 1805 am Go?r«! Officer Commanding the Trops. 10. The book is obtainable through Messrs. Kelly & Walsh.
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Letters from Persia and India, 1857-1850 By the late Geanral Sir George. Dighy Barker. Edited by Lady
all lay down on the ground; Barker: 1B, 78 net)
round shot and grape came thick These letters written frm the
around us from one side, and rifi front," by a young soldier nearly
shots from another. After allow sixty years ago, make us feel
ing them to exhaust their ac more acutely the deprivations hundred sailors, put to 8 gbt munition while werested, wo aguin which a rigid onsorship is in- An army of 7,000 or 8,000, advanced and drove them off th Bioting upon the whole British 2,000 of which were cavalry," by field. By this time we had follow- Empire. Lieutenants Darker' this simple device → letters are a olario pra of th
ed them to Cawnpore, which' fell Captain Hout of our regito our hands and darkness covered great deeds of the famous 78hment, who commanded the troops, the field of action." Regiment of Foot, the original no landed his little band "Old Rode-shire Buffa," now the
Havelook after this addressed f 800, formed them into the men and said .— second battalion of the Seaforth three divisione, making them Highlanders. He wrote hat font,pread over se much space as Service, I have been engaged in "I have been forty years in the between fierca engagement, posible, with the intention of action about seven and twenty For Perlod Ending April yth. when he was almost tired out, but te uding the enemy into the idea times, bat during the whole of yet not too tired to remember his that we were a brigade of three my career I have never seen any mother at home anxiously waiting. egiments instead of a small regiment behave better, nay more, for the letters which her failing eachment of three companies, have never seen one behave su The first combined parade of the "Parade-Monday, March 29th. sight painfully apprehended, and, poor dear little April fool, wil, as the 78th Highlanders this Police Reserve will take place at They have the vividness of they believed it, as the sequel day. I am proud of you." immediacy, and let us into the will show.
the Central Police Station at 6.30 vers life and apirit of the battle
tempt to match up the Lucknow from the parade must be special. Soon after, on their third at-p.m. sharp. Leave of absence yet without effort or rhetoric or any straining of the easy style
ly obtained. The first British which might have heen writter ter commanded by your humble opposite to the most trouble-Arme.
"My regiment. was moved Company will parade without to-day. Erly Victorian ervant in propria persons. At some redoubt, and thinking it be is kee bim and bihe same time two gunboats too much of a
Tuesday, March 30th.-First brother offic-re in old photographs | ivanced up the river and opened slaughtered by dozens,
joke to be Portuguese Company, 5.30 p.m. assiduously encouraging the fire upon the enemy on the set up a howl and charged on April 3rd. will draw Win- The Platoon detailed for Musketry luxurious whiskera which were the opposite bank. As we approach the redoubt, pride of the Great "Exhibitioned the village we found the gar- ordera,
without any ohester rifles from the Store Ser- there is nothing of the Athert Mem-rison had made a bolt of it and, style, captured the two guns in it,
took it in glorious geant at 5.15 p.m. orialaboutyoung Barker. True, be crossing the river, had joined the and, turning them round on the O.School of fastruction 5.30p.m. Wednesday, March 31st.-N.C. confesses unashamed to main army, who were now to be enemy, fired shot and shell into characteristic "we knew of theen in full retreat, their column the midst of their retreating Chinese Company, 5.30 p.m.
Toursday, April 1st-First time-the love of home and covering the ground for miles and thousands." " people" and the simple soldier miles," faith in Divine protecting and the
That is the kind of letter the This account of a little-known old folks at home love to read. guidance of a Merciful Hand" campaign will be read with spec- This little book is full of each
Victorian sentiments for which, sal attention at the pressat time, good stuff, but every one, especialat even the enlightened twentieth and it is interesting to notice they every Highlander, must read century Las not yet discovered imphasis laid on the "strong re-it for himself, Effectual substitutes, In short, doubts and fortiteatione con-D.A.Q.M.G. ou Outram's itaff,
Barker, no he is a brave; modest, simple-truoted at Bsarah by Russian was probably the first man into hearted young follow, intenselysoginėers." Our present ally was the besieged Residency:- proud of bie regiment, bis cour-of course, then our recent enemy try, sad bin Q180 gallantin Europe, and our lasting anxie- making for the embrasure, I Scoing Sir James Oatram fighter, and rare combination-ty in Asia. Panca was made with followed a se behind him, and an eloquent narrator of gallant Persia before the 78th could being on tot end ho figate. His frank charm shine istinguish itself farther, but the horsebook 1. managed to get from every page, and one cannot Regiment was to serve under the in bf e Lic. I believe I but love the boy.
He was bat twenty-three when more perilous days. Tool first in, though another disputes -ame general, Outram, in much have the honour of being the he first came under fire, and he Mutiny bad broken efore it. As I went up the hill inside lived to be eighty; but though in the Regiment got back to Bum- my hand was half shaken off by later yeare Sir George Barker pay, and the 78;b were sent round the delighted gar. iso. achieved msuv more distinctions Calcutta and took a leading It was a wonderful scene, and in varied fields, became a pro-part in the first relief and babee- there was yet another when we fessor at the St. Olloge, where quent defance of Lucknow. The heard the glad sound of Sir Colin he had entered and passed cutle of horror was only too Campbell's heavy guns booming top of the list, directed military familiar to a past generation, near Alum Bagh." education at the War Othone, com- but by many readers to-day the bell decided to abandon Lucknow When Camp- manded in obief in the Far E wonderful work of our handfal for the present, and the garrison and governed a Colony in the of.. British troops in West, be never ag in saw a hundred
a and their resoners secretly with- etricken fields and t'ese firet yours against overwhelming odds is 78th, "in a low tone of voice," desperate struggles drew at night, Outram told the of his career, 1857-1859, mus meat forgotten. Barker, st all that he had chosen them "for the have stayed in his memory as venta, will not let his beloved honour of covering the retirement "the time of a life" wbich Frach 78 h be forgutton, nor yet the of all; as we had the post of ed its honoared close ouly ten 6b Fusiliers, the 64th, 84th, honour on entering to relieve the months ago, when the pipen of the Uib, the over loyal and gallant garrison none were more worthy. 78th were heard at Clare Priory Sikba, and the other regiments of the post of honour on leaving morning, Julia Gaskell, who was while the sergesate of his old re- wt ich fought beside them. giment bore the body of their
Bued for $620.05, by W. Shewan, colonel to the grave,
had been pretty well pounded by their way into the Residency, the
In one day, the day they won was represented by her husband. The first campaign was but the enemy's cannon, the 78th 78.h lost nine officers and 130 plaintiff.
Mr. Gardiner appeared for the little one and Boon over; but it in were ordered to advance and mou killed en't woanded out of a unusually interesting just now, charge the batteries at the point total master of little more than ing to be taken in Chambere.
Mr. Gaskell naked for the hear. for it was the war with Persis, of the bayonet; on we went with 400. Compared with this our His Lordship: Any special brought about by the Nhah's deafening cheers, and in a few present losses shrink to their due reason for taking it in Chambers? annexation of Herat in 1856, and minutes the guns were ours; on proportion. We have never had It is not usual to do so. If you By Order of the Board of Barker's regiment went up the we went past the batteries and to face such tremendous numerical are consenting to judgment and Sbatt-al-Arab to Basrab, just fired into the retreating foe, until disparity as the 1st Division did asking for instalments it is differ where our troops have gone in we were halted for a few seconds when it marched to relieve eat.
W. S. JACKSON, the past few weeks. His notes to form again compactly for Lucknow. The happy discovery
Beoretary. may surprise those who have been another charge. General Bave-of these old lettera hang ven Lady there is no solicitor engaged for
Mr. GiskellThe reason is Shanghai, 20th March, 1915, taught that one has but to scratch look at this time came up, and Barker a great opportunity, of the defence. the sand at Bushire to unroof called out, "Well done, 78th which she has woll availed ber-
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. bell fire; for instead of blazing you shall be my
His Lordship-I do not think| FROM CALOUTTA, PENANG: heat he recorde (in February, sement in fatare; another charge its soldiers fought in the past, so you are just as likely to get justice
owu regi-self, to let the nation know how it really taken any difference
AND HINGAPORE.
Upon this we went are still men of the same stuff as Chambers.
"When the line of infantry
it
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"bitterly cold at night; the bille the day." in the distance are all covered through pools and mud, cheering their famous fathers.. with snow." There are touches in and ecraeching, and the next bat the letters which might have been try, was ours, but this was almost written to-day, an "What is ap? too much for human exertion. no one knows except the Govern. The sun was now at its hottest,
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