HLI Chronicle 1909 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

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HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE. 31AWAJl.DED LONG-SERVICE AND GOOD-CONDUCT MED.,u..3530 Sergt.-llajor J. DrawbeU, 1st October, 1908.VARIOUS CERTIFICATES.8039 L.-Sergt. J. Littlejohn, granted Certifioate, havingundergone a Course of Instruotion inCooking at Aldershot. 1st October, 1908.4756 Sergt. R. Herries, granted lVIuaketry Certifioateat Hythe, 23rd October. lOOS.BmTlfs.7442 Bugler W. Brady, daughter, born at FortGeorge, 12th August, 1908.6452 L.-Sergt. T. Taylor, daughter, born at FortI"George, 25th September, 1908.7590 Sergt. E. Taylor, son, born at Fort.George,10th September, 1908.A DISTINCTLY" OFF" DAY.IT all began during a strenuous day ·withthe Anandpore Field Force, when the objectof this article was first sighted. Anandpore,..I may mention, is a rural spot about 13 milesto the westward of our salubrious little station,.and well known to most of us as the scene ofmany a battle. It was at a critical period in anattack that a gallant piper (pipers alwaysseem to be braver than other people), withthe words "·Who's afraid?" on his lips,leapt into a clump of prickly bushes-on t()the top of the object. It (a fine boar of some30 inches) strolled calmly out into the open,and trotted into the nearest available cover,apparently rather annoyed by the disturbance•.It has been whispered that the military zealof more than one officer suffered (only momentarily)on his appearance, and even that onewho is spoken of here with bated breath as"he who knows everything" gave a "Viewhulloa ! " but I don't believe that.Now to our muttons, or rather to our bacon.To be brief, his death was fixed for the followingSunday. Accordingly our only Jehuwas despatched to the local police stationin search of coolies, while the Gourmet hadthe congenial task of ordering lunch. Theeventful day arrived, and three gallant sportsmensallied forth." We high uprear the glittering spear,Far flashing to the sky,With hope elate, anticipateTo see the grey boar die."(And so on and so forth, don't you know_The only unfortunate part about the wholething was that L--hadn't got one. A special.messenger who had been sent for it had turned'up without, and seemed a trifle upset, fromwhat I gathered at a subsequent interview.)'Anyhow, the three got off at last with thebeaters,well armed with tom-toms, and a line··was formed north-west of camp, in a likelylookingtract of country-consisting of talljungle grass and scattered bushes, withpatches of cultivation towards the S()ne_
32 HlGHI~At~D LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.After about an hour's going we swung round:south wards, along the bank of the dry riverbed. Suddenly a shout from " Same-one, by jove; 31 inches easy!" and out camethe boar from a tuft of long grass. Over asandy nullah he went, and into the cultivationbeyond, S-- and R-- in hot pursuit.'Gaining ground in some high "dhal," hecame out into the open to the right, to whichside S-- had swung round. S-- was onhim, getting in the spear. But Mr. Pig wasnot to be stopped, and, getting under the pony,inflicted a nasty cut. Looking at his spearfor blood, S-- found to his horror that thehead had come off, and, with many a curse,saw the chase disappear. Coming up againshortly, S-- came on a thrilling scene ofexcitement. There was R--, furiouslycharging every bush and tussock within aradius of 50 yards, on foot. "Where is yonpig? Let me get at him," he said-his ponyin the meantime quietly receding further andfurther horizon-or camp-wards. Suddenly,'Catching sight of L--, he dashed at himfor further news. Hastily dodging a threaten·ing spear point, and choosing the lesser danger'of a wounded pig, he hurled himself, allunarmed, into the bush, in which he believedhe had marked the quarry down. Defectivescouting had marked the wrong place. Thepig had gone 1 and nothing remained but torally and take the wounded to the dressingstation. After ten minutes of a running fight,the British casualties were found to be:One horse missing, one wounded; one spearbroken, one missing. Not bad for our gallantfoe!Prompt at duty's call, out galloped our M.O.to the scene of battle, called thither by L--,who had arrived in camp with his-no, it wasthe Commanding Officer's-horse, in a whitelather. He (the M.O.) turned up with scissors,needles, bandages, and everything else thatmight be wanted, including fluid-Condy's,by the way-to finish off a man in decency,,or to tie up the artery we all thought had been,(Jut. Before his coming, however, we hadtied up the wound so tightly, and with so manyintricate knots, with the pugarees of the bystandingbeaters, that we refused to undo ourhandiwork to show the medico the wound.A heated discussion raged as to the best wayof casting a horse, whilst the latter looked afteritself, until finally M-- departed back tocamp, leaving us his blessing and the assurancethat he would break the record home on hismotor bike and send out the farrier. All'swell that ends well. "Melbourne" is recoveringrapidly, and the" grey boar" (now grownto a good 37 inches) lives till Sunday next,when the stay-at-homes from Dinapore arecoming to show us how to really do it.L'ENVOIE."Over the valley, and over the level,Through the dark jungle we ride like thedevil.There's a nullah in front, and a boar as well ;Sit down in your saddle and ride-rightwell."(To very slightly misquotellMr. GeordieSmith's song at Sonepore; but that is another'story-told elsewhere, we hope 1)
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