MONS IDYLL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 273, 17 October 1927, Page 2

MONS IDYLL.

SCOTS’ LOST DRUM,

GERMAN RETURNS IT. LONDON, Oct. 3. One of the many romantic little incidents depicted in the epic war film, “Moils,” has had an even more romantic sequel. The film shows how during the retreat a drummer boy in the 2nd Batt., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was hard pressed, and hid his drum in a bush at Le Cateau. Sir Tom Bridges, Governor of South Australia (then General Bridges), was rallying the stragglers, and when he saw the Highlanders without a drum ho dashed into a nearby shop and secured a child’s drum and a tin whistle. Ho himself beat the drum while a fifer played the whistle and the stragglers’ spirits were revived. The film shows the hiding of the drum and Sir Tom Bridges rallying the Highlanders with his child's toy. Herr Eiffe, a German from Hamburg, who is greatly interested in improving Anglo-German relations, saw the film and was responsible for the romantic sequel. He reveals how the advancing Germans found the hidden drum and eventually it passed into his hands. Herr Eiffe, after seeing “Mons,” offered to return the drum to the Highlanders, who gratefully accepted it.