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The PHANTOM ARMIES
was midnight on a cold December night in 1642. A party of shepherds
· struggled up a hill in Warwickshire close by the ridge where, two months before, had been fought the first battle of the Civil War between Roy-
The mystery of Edgehill.. Dy Henry Lewis
place two months
alists and Roundheads, re-enactment of the battle that the forces of King had taken Charles I and the Earl before. of Essex.
Suddenly a rumbling sound broke the midnight silence. The shepherds looked at each other in surprise. "Thunder?" said ore. "Thunder on a night like this?"
"That's not thunder," his friend answered slowly. "That was cannon. I'll take my oath on it. Yet there's not a soldier within 50 miles of here."
They looked at each other un- easily. The noise of the cannon increased and died away. And then in the distance they heard bugles. Now they heard the sound of drums beating and the shouts of distant men.
The noises came nearer rearer. They were the sounds of an army on the march.
Soon there was not one army but two. Some of the noiseS were coming from one side of them, some from the opposite direction.
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It had been on October 23 that the battle of Edgehill had been fought on this ridge.
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Now, on the Saturday before Christmas, the shepherds getting a terrible ringside view of the battle.
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For three whole hours it went
Public threat
Then the ncise died and the vision faded. Running. away walking, stumbling,
the shep- herds came into Kineton, the nearest town, and knocked William Wood, a magistrate, and Samuel Marshall, a min- ister, to tell what they had
seen.
up
and The magist:ate and the minister decided to humour the shepherds.
But Wood and Marshall agreed that they would go
out to Edgehill the following nigh: and see if anything happened.
The next night was Sun- day, the same day of the week the battle had been fought. And Wood and Marshall sax it re-fough: just as the shep- herds had
seen it the night before.
Nothing happened the Was
next night. Nor until the following Saturday end Sunday nights when it all happened again.
Wood
Clash of steel
far the shepherds could nothing. Under the pale moonlight there were only hedges and the ridge that called Edgehill.
And then they saw, racing across the ridge towards each other the horsemen of the two
colours and the other
left their
and some of his
By now the countryside Was buzzing visions.
The Colonel found himself riding along at the heed of a ghostly charge
They spurred.
their horses The commission members with stories of the on to the moorland where they swore On cath to what they had fought two months before. had seen. King Charles cross- King Charles
And then a volley of musket examined the colonel but be was at Oxford fire crashed out. And suddenly, could not make him when he heard about
change
cause he saw he was seriously concerned be- horses.
them and from all around them appeared his story. He dropped the
They were in the matter. people's morale.
to the middle of a charge!
а threat
Their horses, which been steady enough in the actual battle, reared 2nd
had
to
So Charles called in six men. Three were Army officers, Colonel Lewis Kirke,
Captain Dudley and Captain
Wanman. plunged now. Dudley's horse The other three were respected shied and threw the captain civilians. The king told them: the ground. The colonel's "You have my commission go to Kineton and discover the truth of this matter." The investigation rode Kineton
to
at
bolted.
Food poisoning?
What is the of these events?
explanation
One theory is that 1256 hallucinations were the answer. These could have been caused by food poisoning, perhaps by The colonel fcund himself
fungus which ergot
affects riding at the head of a charge. grain. When infected grain bas He found himself waving his
been. used in bread it sword and shouting orders he
had shouted
them two
commission off. They arrived
has 25 caused epidemics on a Saturday early
of 15, in January 1643. Darkness was months before.
temporary madness and visions. falling as they arrived.
It happened And the
then the battle faded recently as 1951, and the colonel found himself everybody
vision. alone on the ridge.
Back in Kineton la ter the colonel met Capt. Dudley and Capt. Wainman. "It must have been fancy," said the colonel gharly.
The commission went to inn to pass the time until night. At 10 pm the wind that had been blowing outside seemed to drop. Then they heard the scund of a bugle. the neighing of horres, the beating of 'drums and the tramp of feet.
Swiftly the officers saddled "But sir," protested Dudley, up and rode out to Edgehill. "I recognised cfficers in the All three officers had fought battle. I Sarv Sir Edmund
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friends had had enough. They in the battle of Edgehill They Varney there leading a charge
and moved would soon discover what lay and yet I was beside him The minister at the bottom of these months ago when he fell with
a ball between the eyes."
homes of Kineton out
armies, one flying the King's carrying the Parliamentary flag and the two bodies crashed headlong and others stayed,
into each other with an impact and a smashing of armour that cent horses reeling.
Now the pale shepherds heard the cries of the wounded, the terrified whinnying of the horses, the crashing of muskets and clashing of steel.
The shepherds prayed in their terror, for they knew that a spectral they were watching
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The Hit Parade.
by Mitch Meredith
seems that Jerry Lee Lewis is back in the Hit Parade charts agcin with a recording of 0 song by Ray Charles. Its called "What'd I Say."
I think its
a great shame that here in Hongkong me aren't able to obtain Jerry en wax. He is rather imique in his delivery of a number, and provides great 'swing' for the Jive enthusiasts.
Here's hoping that some of our local record agents will look into the possibilities.
One thing is certain-Jerry represents something of a change from Paul Anka, Bobby Vee, Neil Sedaka, and others who sometimes round exactly alike.
LONNIE DONNEGAN
to
is going down -Australia for a four-week
tour this year in October,
he will oko be visiting New Zealand with
Britain:
-con-
1. Never On Sunday 2. Tintarella di Luno 3. Tonight My Love Tonight 4. Hello Mary Lou
.Pete King Orch. & Chorus .Giancarlo Paul Anka .Ricky Nekon Marilyn Palmer The Ventures Mona Fong .Bobby Vee .Carmen McRae
5. Kiss Me Honey Honey, Kiss Me 6. Lullaby Of The Leaves
7. Gotta Love You
8. More Than I Can Say 9. Belonging To You 10. Moody River
certs in Auckland, Christ- church and Wellington.
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THE OF
THERE has been a lot speculation in London recently concern- ing the annual Eurovision song contest. Apparently it is likely that next
year's finals will be held
in England.
* NOWHERE Howhere,
Hongkong can we drop in to a coffee-
bar
Pat Boone
Or some such establishment, knowing that we can look forward to some good musical en- tertainment.
I mean during the after- noons for instance Saturday Cr Sunday. I'd be interested to know whether anyone has tackled this idea.
A place where the local jazz- men could meet, and play together regularly, after the style of the European cellar.' I'm willing to bet that it would be a financial too..
HIT HERE AND THERE DEPT
(1) You're driving me crazy
(Temperance-7)
(2) Bize Moon (Marcels) (3) Wooden Heart (E. Pres-
ley)
Australio:
(1) Blue Moon (Marcels) (2) Little Boy Sad (Johnny
Bennette)
(3) Exodus (Fernantic +
teacher)
U.S.A.:
Success
(1) Mother in tan (Ernie X.
Boe)
12) Etaway (Pel Fan-
non)
(3) Elur Moon (Maréels)
Here are the answers to the quiz in last week's section. They were quite difficult questions. Con- gratulations to those of you who got them all right.
A credit card is on its way to A. H. AHMED.
1. Because the warrior Archilles os, ter being dipped in the River Styx, invulnerable except in one heel by which he was held. 2. Golulea.
3. Oedipus and Jocasta. 4. G. L. Jessop.
5. The fly.
6. King Lear.
7. William Henry Brogg and William Lawrence Bragg.
8. The ninth month of the
Mohammedan
year during which the great annual feast is cele- brated. Also known as the month of Fasting! 9. It is the most northerly of the large Shetland Ides.
10. The golden apple which Paris had to award to the Fairest of the God- desses.
11. Helios, the Sun of God. 12. A small cask, or a liquid គ.រ. equalling <bout nine imperial gdilons.
13. Ha banged himself. 14. Giotto.
15. Lord George Corden.
A. E. AHMED.
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