ft angloboerwar.com LIEUT.-GEXERAL SIR HENRY MACLEOD LESLIE RUNDLE, K.C.i:;., C.iSI.G., D.S.O. Commanding the Eighth Division, is the same age as " Archie " Hunter— forty-four—and, like Buller, a Devon man, for he was born at Newton Abbot on January 6th, 1856, coming of a naval family on both sides. This is not his first experience of warfare in South Africa, for he served in the Zulu War of 1879-80, and the Transvaal War of 1880-81, being wounded in the latter. Like Kitchener lie went to Woolwich, and on passing out joined the Royal Artillery in 1876. His services include the Nile Expedition of 1884, the battle of Sarras 18S6, the command of artillery at the battle of Toski, in the Eastern Soudan, and at the battle of Tokar in i8qi. He was Chief of .Staff in tiie Dongola Expedition of i8q6 and Soudan campaign of iSq7-qS. He has been mentioned in dispatches in all his campaigns, and has been the recipient of numerous medals, clasps and orders. He is an Egyptian Pasha, and was Adjutant-General of the Khedive's .-\rm\- from 18^)2 to 1898, when lie was appointed to the command of the South-Eastcrn District i62 BLACK AND WHUE BUDGET May 12, 1900 J? ROYAL ACADEMY AND NEW GALLERY angloboerwar.com00 NOW READY, C OXTAIXIXG KL'MEROUS FINE REPRODUCTIONS OF THE CHIEF PICTURES OF THE YEAR. TRICE ONI' SHILLING, Post Vi-rr, is. 3d. Publishing Office: 63, FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.G. -« Tl.e porirail; in this Rndgn are by as follows :- Georginn, Lady Cuizon, Lafayette: Lord < Irimstone, Rtissell and Sors ; Sir Coin Nigliiingalf, London Stereoscopic Ciwipany ; Sir Arthur Sulllv.n, C. nipbtl', -M.-iyall and Co. ; -Mr. J. M. Barne, Elliott and Kry ; Miss \\al-iy. The pii,uiiJs ;;rc by Our Speci..l Ccrrespondjrus, Horace W. N'ichcHs, K. Moon, Wellli and Co., ."<;c MAV 12, 1900 BLACK AND WHlIli BUD GILT I'^.B NOTICES All commtmications regardin<^ Pictures ami Articles tu be addressed to " Tlie Editur, Ri,A' k anu W'mii; Budget, j>^, Bouverie Street, London, K.C." All eomnmnications regarding Back Numbers, Terms of Suliscription, <-'~c., to lie addiessed to " The Publisher, Black and White Budc.et, 6j, Fleet Street, London, E.C" ' The ILditor requests Correspondents who may wish to eommnnicate ivith the Putdishei at the same time as they '.vrite to him, to ivrile a separate letter to the Publisher at the address given alnree, and not add it to their commttnication to the Editor. ' The LCditor particularly requests that no Poems be sent jor consideration. NOTES O' WAR ' The war must be a great mj-stery to most of the I for ihe Ro_\al West Surre3s ! It is probably not known natives in South Africa, tliough they won't have much | that niany Boers, including' President Kruii^er, have it is suprer.iacy. their coffins all in difficulty in guessinsf that a fight for | readiness. In iScjy,Ahe Cape Times', At Maseru recently, the Basutos gathered irom its Pretoria correspondent, reported on the hills in thousands to watch the fray that a local undertaker had imported a of the white men. When Waterloo was coflin for the use of the President, 7vhcn being fought hundreds of the peoph' of It is a gorgeous receptacle, and Brussels watch- cost not far ed with much short of ;£. ICO ! concern, for if the British had The dilfer- been beaten it ence between would have the costs of the meant the loot- little British ing of the Bel- .Army and the gian town. immense Ger- There is no man force has doubt but that o ft en St r u c k iKitive sympathy people as being is wholly on the \ery peculiar. British side. For example, it takes the sum It was re- of ;!£rjo,ooo,ooo ported the other angloboerwar.com to maintain day that Gen. 180,000 British Pole-Carew's soldiers, while division bivou- foe the 500,000' acked for the that Germany night on the has on service, broad expanse the cost is only of open veld ^"30 ,000,000. rfcar Ij%<"uw The rate of pa_\' \- Kop. To biv- u lul o uhte d 1 ouac, of course, accounts lor a means to en- deal, a British camp without In Alcniury of Hcr Talilet placed l.y 1I12 R L^L.r^e Ri)c;erson in Siockport Church in soldier receiving tents, and, on riemory of Commander Egerton, \\'ho died of wounds recei\-ed while serving with the Naval a shilling per Urigade No\'eml)er 2nd, It is the Vicar's handiworl<, some of liie in defence of'Ladysmith, on 1890. day while a many occa- parishioners bubscrihing Jcr the marble. The arms on the top are those of the Karls of Ellesnitre sions, without and the Cavendish arms German soldier fire ; and it is onlv gets 4 'jd., at these limes, as the cold penetrates to his marrow, but it is evident tliat a leakage exists somcw h<'re. that Tommy thinks of the glorious life of a soldier. When will the War Office be reformed ? Far away in the distance can be seen the outposts and Gooden's cave is famous. It would seem that ll.e sentries, on whom the sleeping camp places its entire example of the dead hero is followed by ;it least one trust. Each regiment has to provide a picket. li\ing general. -Serving under General Brabazon is ;; • Four Victoria Crosses have been bestowed for the pri\ate of the loth Hussars, who describes his leader's gallant attempts to save the guns at Colenso, and now coolness under fire as follows : "In the heat of th.c- another has been given. The hero is Surgeon-Major bombardment General Brabazon was strolling up and William Babtie, who, under a hea\y rifle firej during" down beside the guns with his walking-stick in his which his pony was hit three times, rode up to attend to hand, just as coolly as if in Piccadilly, while slulls the wounded, and afterwards exposed himself by assist- i were dropping all around him in dozens, ting to bring in Lieutenant Roberts, who was lying! Heke is an extract from some of Toubert's writings : wounded on the veld. Surgeon-Major Babtie becomes I .. ;^ maxim is the exact and noble expression of an im- the thirteenth medical the holders ot hvmg man among ! po.-tant and unquestionable truth. Good maxims are (he \'ictoria Cross. first the list, as regards The on the germs of all excellence. When firmly impressed on date, is .Assistant-Surgeon H. T. S) Ivestcr, who won ] the mehiory they nourish 'he will." It should perhaps the honour in during on the 1855, the attack Redan. be mentioned that this Joubert is not the deceased Boer A.vio.VG the loot captured when the enemy suddenly leader, but a Frenchman who died in iSj4. Ihe retreated tVom L;id\siT>ith was a wagon-load of coflins, maxims which the victor of Majuba Hill was mosllv which was at once knocked into IJn wood to cook lood Interested in were llu)'-e fiiat lire 5CX) shuts ( tr minute! - 164 BLACK AND WHITLL BUDGET May 12, 19C0 are iiistructue she been to Here two j whom had unable obtain repHes to letters, instances of the way inven- Lord Roberts immediately tele'^Taphed to Duller inquir- tors are encouraf;;'ed by our inj^ after the health of the two Somersets, and by the next own War Office and by the mail Mrs. Lewis received a reply stating that the men i'.utb.oillies in France. (1) in question were well and serving with their units. " t A colonel of Engineers lately The two soldiers were officially informed that " Bobs invented an impro\ed motor, had asked for a report on their health, and they wrote ind tiifi French War Minister home, in considerable excitement, mentioning the promptly h.mded him over the circunistance and wondering what it nie.mt ! ;um of ;£j8,ooo for experi- menting- upon its adaptability LAXCE-Coi^poRAr. R. Macdoui;ai.i., who is now in to the traction of military the active service company of the ist Volunteer Batta- (,onvo}s. By the application lion of the Queen's Own Canieron Highlanders at the (if a stilf spiral coupling it is front, met with a remarkable adventure before joining ( laimed that as many as this company to go to South Africa. On February 25th thirty wagons can be hauled Mr. .Macdougall, who was then working at the Obser- by the motor and yet kept vatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, went down to exactly in its wake, however Fort-William for the purpose of signiiig on with the Lieut. -Col. A. Aytoun, command- winding the road may be, Volunteers. Having arranged everything, he started ing the Queenslanders, who form whilst any wagon can easily on his return journey on the 27th, leaving Fort-William part of the Imperial llushman's be detached from the train ! at two o'clock. He was followed by a collie dog. All Contingent at the Front (2) When Sir Evelyn Wood went well until the)- came to what is known as the "Pialf- WIS a captain in tiie I /111 Lancers Way House"or" Hut, "situated half-way he devised an improved cavalry up the mountain side, when the climbing saddle, and dispatched it to llie War became very dangerous, owing to the Department for inspection. A polite upper part being entirely covered with acknowleds^'ment was at once forth' snow, having an icy surface.