British & Boer (no. 3) : satirical and patriotic verses and dialogues

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British & Boer

(No. 3.)

OUR THREE VICTORIES.

&c., &c.

E!a~r:.deberg !

Colenso!!

Ladysmith I I I

o~ THE

ANNIVERSARY OF MAJU:BA

27th FEBRUARY, 1900.

llY

W. B. YALDWYN.

[COPYRWH'I'.]

l'nnt :d and l'uhJi,hcd f01 the ,\nthm hy dttchlcy < l'iincluh, l'itnuul drc ·t, l'OHT J•:LihAIIETIJ. l'i.A.

76-1006

Paardeberg.

Februor.'J 27th 1000.

Anniversary of Majuba Day, 1881.

Vengeance is mine, .·o :;aid the Lord,

Ami nineteen vear he sheathe1l His HWOI'\l:

Then Cx·onje't> fate has r;howt>tl Hi:-: pow •r - The N erne i ·, the certain <lower

A uower of hloo1l for 'ronje'::; act, Do\Yer, inevitable, intact ; Complete tiubjection with hi: men,

Four hun<lred multiplied by ten .

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At early morn be tiUITemler , And with hi · men at la. t

A k:-; for kitl<l treatment-r •memb r;

Hi da tanl acts of pa.,t.

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_ • ow Cronje waits jmlcrment upon The Doriti battle ·hip pri~;on,

He now can think. an<l contemplate Hi future well-de ·ervcu fate.

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LEO.

Bravo Colenso and L a dys m ith ^T

Frbruur.1 :J\th, 1900.

Relieved ! the men cry fx·om th · trench, Hen•\; Bull er follerin' of Fr •nch ;

"C'omP in old man jollY h •g •at·

The Bo r:; 11ow

ktHI\\:

wdl

wh~t'l'

^{' •} are.''

"They ·cootc<l Tom. jn~t down that ·chantz, They cleared while they have !.{ot a chancl'; Hot'J'a\·, lmne Bull •r, :-;hake mv hand,

\Ye 'want you badly, oh, it':-. ··x·atHl! ''

"It':; •ran<l you say, it': mot'", 11or that, It':-.·pick uml ::;picy, that\ a fact ;

\Ye've criven them beans, IUY word, 'twa · hot Encrinel'ring through thei; .. hot.''

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•· Lt>t' ha\'' a li<!UOI\ what'. your . .Jim ! '' Hut lw l'P[JiiP<l with fact' :lO ~-{rim:

"~To li<!UOJ' in thi~ <hlrnerl ol<l town, '('ppt for ~ick boy. a1Hl snch that':-o <lown.'

·• How <lid you make them scoot <lll<L hop ? How tli<l you 1-{l't pa.'t .'pion Kop i' .,

•· W • went for Piett•J•'s Hill instl'ad, A road of hloo<l! womHlt><l and dt•a<l.''

•· How tlid you :'hapl' at ( 'olenso ! "

·• How <lilL w , if you want to know :

\Ye wiped out <>UJ' fir:"t lot<t atta ·k,..,

.\nd wht>n Wl' charg-ed, th y t<Oon lll<Hh• track::<."

'' Poor devil you arc \\in ^a d, no\\ conw, But hettt·r· that than he likl' somt•.' The Hospital take. him in charge

Th pric of "ar is very hu·" •.

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A111l hrav • ·t •rn Bull r stand. aust •·e, 'ollt>Ctl·d. cool, he hat< no fear : Ili:; a •tions !lo thi, day port•·a~'

Hi:> genius, hi:, gTaJHl di .. play.

What man hut on of~·· ·at renown 'oul!l ever fm·ct•. •·eli 'H' thb town ?

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Thon~h mount.lilb honey-cmnhl•!l with auns, Bl'l ·h forth tlll'it• ..;hot in ."COl'

"or

^tons.

n('·~ honw th. hl'llnt of the campaigu, lll''.' fought tiiP foe a!!ain, a~ain : lll''S \\'Oil hi. t<plll', illlU t]wr•'s 110 !lOUbt .

• \t last ht•'. mad • tiH m face lhont.

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"<lt~IIHI old Bull·•·. tht•t·~·. Ill\' li"t,

• 'hakP it h •·u·tily, a11<l ji t • llhl' tlll'n fib, .l'.tlt<'l' them t.u· .

• \ •ai11 \\'l''ll \\i)lt out :\lajulJa."

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" \11<l Whit •, \\hat will \H' a· of him.

< H hra\'l' an<l e:tl'Uil<•<l . o!lli(•t· fa m!:'?

Jlp's all rkltt. 110\\ ain't !11 .Jim!

Fot· ht ·_. hi' Id nut. th t' · madt hi" nanw·'' P.\TniOT.

Colenso.

An incident before the occupation of British troops under General Buller, March rst, 1900.

l!:.draf"fnlfrom tlie RaNff'l'lt Prorint·t· Jfl>rald, Jlarrh lltlt, 1900.

A pathetic tory of brotherly affection is told in a lt>tter written to the Daily Mail by ::\[!·,;. Hughes, of Briton Ft>rry, Glamorganshire. ~lrs. Hughes ha~ hatl three soltlier brother fighting in ,'outh Africa. One i:; with the L t Devons in Ladysmitb, the other eq~eant W. P. Mitchell and Pvte. S. S. Mitchell were in the 2ntl Devon , with Gen.

Buller's army. The two brothers, sPrgeant and private, before starting for the Colen o engagement, which was to be their baptism of fire, grasped hands and kissed each other·, a token of affection which bron~ht tears

to

the eye:; of theit·

comrades. In the engagement Private :\Iitchell ha 1 hi thigh shattered, while hi brother was everely woundetl in the side. Both were taken to hospital, where, after amputa- tion, Private Mitchell tlietl in hi· Jwother's arms. Tlw lad did not know that the brother· who wa offet·ing WOJ'(l. of tenderne and comfot't to him in his clo ·ing moment:; wa.

himself uffet·ing from a ~m· •re wound.

THE FIGHT.

A grim antl resolute an·ay

Face entrenched l:lChanr.es all that day, They fight a· British men can fight,

D ntil the hadowt' of <lark t•igltt.

They fear no ·hot, decision tlcep

, it· on their brows, while climbing sft•pp An<l mgged bill:;, which deatlly pom

The :\Ian. r bullet:-;, cannon::\ ro·tr.

The 2nd Devons rul:lh h •adlong

\Vith many other : treat witi.J S<'orll The fie•·y avalanche of flame

That belcheR forth lo kill mHlmaim.

'l'HE LTCIDE~T.

Two brother' in that gallant corp

Reco~ui::;ing what'.· in ::;tore ; For of the hra\·e and noble men,

'omc mu:st fall, say on' in ten.

Had wishetl each other fond adieu In ea~<' that either fpJI, atHl tme Each broth<'t' gr·asped the other'~' hand

And Id:;, etl, ah, ^\n> can un<let·staml.

The hattle left it's penalty,

Both brotht't'ti ~nffe1·ed in the fray With Hhattere1l thigh one broth t• d.ietl,

The othet·, wounded in the , itle.

He died while in h iH hrothet·'s arm~,

llis fight i~ over, war's alat·m,, At·e en <le l now, next bugh• call

\Yill he tlw la·t trump, laHt roll call.

Port Elizabeth, . A.

Excerpts fro m Pretoria Press.

British Lies. The Moonshine in the Wind-re Leyds u·ith collllllfllf., by our (British) Editor.

It is not trne that om· \lear friend Dr. Leyu wa lat 'lY suff ring from titillation of the ki 11, eau ·eu by the Yi 'itation of-well-;;orne verdampte Rooinek, who applied a can:"tiga- tion to him. (That\; hi· la:t. Bu.)

Jeither can it be true that the :-;aid repot·ted whipping- becau e it i only report 1l by a Briti her-reminded the worthy doctot· of his infautih' days, wlH•n bii> prec~:ptot·'

plieu the cane. ( erve him right, B1l.)

It i:; positively untl'Ue that a chemi 't in Brm• ·el' -.oh!

out all his anlilahle diachylon pla ·tet· on the exact day Dr.

Leyd i · saiu to ha>e got hi quietu~. aut! that the "aid l'Ule wal-l 011 account of the Tran vaal Gon•rtJment in view of fn1·ther operation:> of :<imilar nature on on1· fl'it•tHl Leytb' cutich•. (.\ wi:t• pr<>eaution. Ed.)

PI ET lUA 'l'Rl''l IJ, '.

It is a fact, hoWl'\ PI', th:~t Dt•. L ·~ tl. b g-uin•• to be rai:-Pd ft·om hi· P.·alt •d position of Ph•uipot •utiat·y-~.·. traot·tliuary (vet·y mnch, HO we think. Ed) to a:. ·at on th • Pt•t•:idt'ntial :-toep, wber • h • will he ahl" to . trt•lch hi:- I 'g:o (Li ^s. Eu.) anti :<ip cofl' e with hi:- E. c ·llenc~ Paul l'rll"t'r, md annihilat • our enemi • · at lei:m•t•. (Ila ! I la ! Et!.)

Thi. ;;tep (uot ·tuep) will he taken in con" qu ·uc<' of t lw '- · tram•tlinary amoum of t'X Prtion t'Ptjlti t't•d while t'll:,!.l!:! •d in Emp~:rot· and King- hnntin~ by our l'.·u·aorditmt·~· PI •nipo-

tentiary' unprecedentf'<l rxertion:-; to , top Briti h grab, aml capitali t macbinations-hl'ing mo.-t Yahwcl by his country.

(Poo1· fellow, you hael better put him in a glass cas . Ecl.) It i true that. a:> a roYing commi::;sion was given to Dr.

Lf'yel · in EuruJ>P, his remuneration it' not roYin". On the contt·ary, it tlrws not tlep

nu

^{on remit~. it i~} a fat round l:ltllll

duly paid hy our <le>ar lost frieneh; the ·itlau<lerH. (Goo<l job they at·e lost. E<l.)

It il:l true that, for :;ome rea,.;on not known (hut sn.-pected.

E<l.), Dr. Ley<l~ is hound (with <liachylon plash•t·. Eel.) to leaYe off pre:-~ing the Emperot· of Germany again on the Hnbject of putting down Bt·iti~h grah-all. It iH genemlly ::mpposeel that om· worthy Pie in po. i:-; affecte<l b~· ,;titl'nes:; of the joiut:; re.-,ultinn from rheumati:rri. (Whipping probably.

Ecl.)

It is "'ith regr t that we have to n•pmt that Dt·. Leyds failed to grant lettet·,.; of marqu' to anyone, with one l'Xct>p- tion to wit-the captain of a coal hal'g -who was fully autboriseu to sink Bl'itish commet'ce. (Indeed . Ed.)

BHITL 'H LIE.' AGAI T.

From tf,. Prl'!ori11 Pre.-.·.

It i.· eYen ~tated in thl' Colonial rag:; that ont· worthy Pre, i<l nt (may hb , luulow grow le""· Ed.) actetl in a mo~t

unbecoming fa:;hion in thl• retreat of out' fm·Cl' from 0:-;fontein. HP i.- :-aiel to have at·rived on the HC!'ne whl'll theY wet·e flving horn tht• cnemv. an<l that our elem· Pre:hlent haci a lat·ge hook on a pack uu;IP whl·nct' he exhorted tlw Bm·gher,.; to tarry awhile until lw had tlilat •tl on the over- throw of the Philbtitw:- bv the 'hildt· '11 of lst·ael. The wickerl olonial rag repqt·tt>c'l th "il<l though vain gl':;ticu- latiuns of our cleat· Oom Paul: hut it aclelcd, tllPy (tht>

Bm·,her.-) "wet't' not taking an~." (.'ot likely. Ed.) .\.nother :.tatenu•nt WP 110tice nuhlu'<hingly printl•<l is that. we treat C'nlonial pt·it->ioner \ ct·y had I,\, much wot•:;t than theit· Tommie.-;. • ·ow nothing coultl he further from tht• tmth. wt• do not put them in jail o1· t1· •at tlwm likP.

ct·iminal:::, oh no-how conl<l \\'l'- he:n en fnrbitl. (Amen.

Ed.) \Ve gi\' them pll•nt~ of coll'ee and ka, and tlll'y can

;ec their friends any day: \\' · do not .-earch tlwm a:-; if they wen· felon::-, anrl thev can talk a· much a" theY likP togl•tlwt·.

~·ot only that. bnt we allow ft· ·, intt•t·co~u·:p with the _\.n:t·t·icmi Con,.nl. \Ye a1·e too good to tht>lll. (.\.llmy l')'C.

Ed.)

PHETORIA TR TIL'.

We have rNreatl•ll ft·om Lady;mith in con:-eiJliPilC' of a mistakP of a cet·tain 'ommandaut without ,. ':t"on, awl

n·.;p~:ctin!.( Kimlwdey. \\ e t·e;-;oh·ed to abandon the tl'tTitoJ·y, it was not \\ot·th holdin~:. (Tnte, oh Ot·aclt>! hut your '' t•etreat" ft·om hoth placP.' wa · ha,;t 'll<'d through mtplea,.ant cit·cmu.tance:;. E1l)

To ·how the eleadly fit·. of OUt' bur rlwt·.' thl' Bl'iti.-h

r I{Hit·e1l Pight amhnhutCt' wa!,!mt. to cany thPir <lead awl

\\'OU1Hle1l at the attack 011 tlw Et·mpJo-:\Iiddt•llmt·g m •n btatione•l at IIoog.llaa"t'l' on tht• nunh hank of tlw Tn~·la

Hi \'PI'. .. • • o Ollt' was kill••u 011 our si•l . thou ;.rh some w •t·e wound •1l." ('l'hl'Y must h• (;o•b. Ed.)

The Pathos of "W' ar ^T

L".rtrad fro '''' E'11 t l'lt l'rorinre III'Tnld,l'>rt J:'t::abtll. 1/nrt•lt 17. JIJI}(J'

} dday lfith, 1. 00.

On of tlw ;-;ad<lr·--t incidC'nt:; of tlw ·ei!,! • occurred thL moming, wllt'n littl' ;\lay • e:;hitt. dauQ'ht r of Captain

• • t·sbitt. who m~\!l• a gallant fi orht in hi annout•etl tmin, di ·d of typhoid feYt'l'. ~lt·s . • '••shitt, who wa.· with lll'r at th • timt', bad accompanied b~:r husba!l<l to thi ·place (.Iafekin!! . uev •r imagining that it \\ ould he be-.ie!!' l. aptaiu • • .-l>itt

<UHl hi ~on Wl'l'l' hoth \\'Oillld<·1l and ar•• now in Pret.ol'ia an•l anything more pitiful than th death of hi,.. tlaughtl'l', under

;;nch circllllll'itance:-it \\mild be difllcult to imarrin •.

The Pnemy wert• ,.Jt lliu~ h •:wil~ •lnr·ing th1· mornin!!.

chiefly upou out· ontpo-.t,.; under the comman I of Lieuteuant :\lcKeHzit•. 'l'hl're "~·~·~\ hu\\ ~·'er, no ca-.unl it ies.

Onlg tho." 11'/w lmr lo. t a little on /.:noli' wltat it i to lu c.'

Ob. moth •r. mu. t I 1 •an• ) on her", Oh, whel'l' i.· papa. broth 'r ll • I' !' They't•e wl'll, my dnrlirw. far away,

• • ow re-.t d at· child ''hi le I will pray.

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0111' liPaY nly Father gmnt that \H'

Be ~oo11 r •lit•\ .-.d, hp :-oon . t fr ·':

.\...·. uarr' th' f •ver, make it mild, I ~·;-;tore to n. our darliu • chiltl.

Bnt if it 1>~• 'l'hy

''ill

to takC',

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Thy

''ill

he don • though our he. rt br •ak : Oh, hl'lp u. b u· thi awful blow,

U n•at U od i 11 ht•a' •n Thou tlo t know !

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