HLI Chronicle 1909 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

J.J:!telligl' llce derived from Huch SO Ul'ecs Wll~ ufcour, e entirely 1IIltI'U~tw()l'th v. We Wllt ourmessnllgel'S ll~iJy ("nllillg for 'lid and asking forin[onJla,tioll, nOllo of whom CI' (\I' retllrnedulltil the :!fit Il llnv of the ~i og() . whcn a Pl'Il­" i()nCT IW IIll,r1 l:llgll.i ('H me haek \I'ith ClIl,Her frolll UnJlural lL1v elnt.k's camp, ill­I'ol'lning lIH tllHI' t lw y \I'lll'e advallcing \I'jth 11force slIllit'iull't tu i)l)H I' dO\\'1l all oppositioll,allll wOllld hp \I'ith liS in ;) IJI' 6 dll )"s. AlIlellS ,Ilger Inu; illlllll'lliai'l,iI- despatl'll ,cL 1'0'lj,wstil;g tllll t Oil dw (,n,ni'llg or their arriv,dOil the out~kirts or (Il l' ('itv t.\I'(J roeketl> mightl)c se Ht up, ill ord/'r tit,!',' Ill: might t a kc '!l.wWel l, II'C Will' ('OJllJ: t o t.he first: mlieLAfter advancing three timr:), aJld 1 thr(:etil1leR beiHg fOl'Grd to retire, Havcl!)(,k at lastIIltlnagell to ('.ullect cL forelJ strollg 1 ~ 1l0llghto give hilll SOIlW ILOVos o[ heillg ahle to relieveLl1ekJlow, ,llld OH thl' 2 I R~, of :-ieptem\)(lr,IR57, he and, ()utrilTll le ~ their I; l\ Jnl' nn"rCa\l'llpore. Th!'y l'eHl.'lwcl BUllIll'l' Oil. t lw ~\'I\,16 lJIiles from LII('.\; ILO \I', Oil t il(! :?~lId, alld tll.l:AIIllll Ba~h on tlw :Z:·;rd. Tltc Olll!IIIY, \\'110Ill,ld this positioll ill fon,o, ltiH loft I·('~tjll~' UIIthe .\1 11111 Bagh, Cl' lltrn Oil ~ Oll1e hi,!! h ~rollJl.d,:lilt! hi~ right behilld. ;} swaJlJP, Iras drivl'll out.,dtcr a sharp fight, l-lu velock a ttac king byUIJUTTI:H )11 ·NZIL.neeHS arv 1\1 !llI lil S ror a, : i~tiJln ' them while." 0['on,illg' t. heir II'Hy ill. 'I'll(' ixth day, however',xJlired . alld tIlt) • ecllTLC lIot ; but [or m,UIYcvcniJlI!. · aftor offi ce rs alld men wat,clled forthe aseclIt or the expeeted rocket!l with hopetillt;!t :l.R makes the heart sick. \Ve Jmew Iwt.llor dirl we 1'urn till the ' 9th of August, 0]30 duys later. tllat the relirvillg forel', aft,erlta V'i lw ruugllt rtJo~t nohly t n Cif(lt:t 01\\' d ­IiV{,l'llncll, IUlIi heell ohlig'C ll to fall halOk [0 ,reill [ort;f'me Jl ts ; and thi~ \I'U R the la. co 111­IllullioltiOIl ~ P I't'cf\i rCIl Illttil t\ 0 tIa 7~ beforethe ani\' a l o[ Hr.ne r'll Hal·e.!oek Hit t ht' 25t.hS p tcrn it(l r."all un 'xpeet.ed fLlllkillg 1IJ()1'1' 1I1('ll i throughthe marshy grollnd Oil thr. ullt'my's I'irrhtIt will hIe l;e"1l tlwt Ila,vnloek 1l~1\" hallseycml .routes op en tt} hinl, He might "0R ,raight anol'l' tlte callal .Ilul through tIll; eit T,alo1L~ the Ua.lI'npol'e road. 'fhl l'l was "':theshortest. w a IT, bILl. his fOJ'ce WilR ll1ueh too~mall Jo r tr~e t-to - Ht)'(,et (ightill,U;. Or he nliglltI!O :1CI'O S8 eountry to the righ t, by a lViriL\movement., er ij~ the Clumti bv 1I bridge,[0), ",hieh he h;:J.[] hrought t,he materia l. and.11\0.,.' up th.e left ballk as rar as tile i]'()1l hJ'id~ewhich it; within 11 few IJ.lllldred. vani. of UtResicieney, This had been hi s origi nal plan,