THE ROYAL ARTILLERY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10883, 6 February 1901, Page 8

THE ROYAL ARTILLERY.

Übiqne—•'Everywhere." "Whither right and glory lead us." (Quo fas et gloria dueunt.) Uniform — Royal Horse: Blue cloth trimmed with gold black sable busby, with acarlet busby bag and white plume. Royal Field: Blue trimmed with gold, helmet surmounted by ball instead of spike. Royal Garrison: Blue with scarlet facings, helmet surmounted by gilt ball. Wto Royal Artillery, whioh is divided into three groups—horse, field, and garrison —bears the names of no victories, for it has shared in all the victories that British arms luvo ever gained. The Peninsula War raised tfbe regiment t<> ;!ie liKflijst pinuacle of honour, and their .'t c"js in the snows of the Crimea, and under Uβ burning sky of rebellious India, have vxT.i'd a record of undying glory for "The corps, Which is first among the women. An , aaiazin' first in war." At Waterloo, when Key made his magiS."Ji.?nt ckirge of eava'-y—the charge, Na%o. ii:i «u>ld, was too early by an iiour—the i.r.lr was given 'for the British (runners to :...:':o within, the squares of infantry, but vLj a ply ti one leader to tho other "Ceuse h''■.'..: I' Aiiis "Hiut'j; nu. ji I do." .'-■>; the Crimea tlio Ivoyal Artillery was enwith honour, and nearly always wijjd :n:;t but ifo© guns that bff TSy>.-'a'i'tl" victoriously in the OtumßL, ■v; = '■■i;a chronicler, were to learqdlPyet "is; :.' hcrsid beat;" to their frWrning tii-Mwhu V v«re to be bound the murderers i,n\ '".iiragcrs of womsn and children ia the tcifibie Indi;LU Mutiny. What has a great miXitary correspondent

.said of them in the present war? At Colenso Colonel Hunt fell shot through both legs, and a» the men were being shot down very rapidly he advised that it would be better to abandon the guns. " 'Abandon be d d!' answered. Colonel Long, 'We never abandon guns.' Four men persisted in serving two guns, and remaining beside their cannons. One of either pair carried the shell; the others kid and fired their beloved 15-poundw. But two men were left. They continued the unequal battle. They exhausted the ordinary ammunition, and "finally drew upon and fired the emergency rounds of case—their last shot. •'Then they stood to 'attention' beside the gun, and an instant later fell pierced through and through by Boer bullets.' .