STONES AS WEAPONS OF WAR.

Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 39

STONES AS WEAPONS OF WAR.

It has been repented that on more than one o e.ibion the Ri'-^.ans and Japanese ha 1 , o <ictuallj polled each other will stone; The Regiiront points our tha the British did o\ telly the same tiling duwng 1 the L"i mv Among 1 the nuirborloss act-, ot bravery performed during '1"" battle of inker-man none is more woit" , of recorr 1 than this. The sandbas" batteiy

the scene oi so many temble encopnters during that e.ontful i\,i} , hiid at length been entered b> a stiong Lod\ of R;.ssians. ii.s r>riLi>h deiende'-s having been kilhd 01 I dri\en out by o\ erwhelming n liiil ' i l^. I Sir Chxrles Russell, seeing what had i occurred, offered to dislodge the enei.n i if men uould aecom])an\ him. The enter pnso seemed desperate indeed; but volunteers were soon forthcoming, and they stai ted forth to hurl the Russians oui 01 Ihc position. ( n the^ went, followih' ''"■eir galla'it loader at full s(x *1 and in'.o

the batteiy they ru-/ie<'. The\ ruircd the Russians, and Sir irles recei ed rhe Vie'oria Cioss. v.cncoiniug this ai air lie wrote: -" Aftei the Lra\o band had lion some time m tiie bt nji'j our aminur '.ji. began to tail a--. vi<\ the iven, ar. Ed >• 1 1' stones, filing Ilu n into t':i' nuts-os of Ti'ssians, who rajglit the u'i i, and t o air was thick Uiih huge s'nnci flying in ill directions; but we were uo much ior fl>e „ and on.c more a i-ielee of Grenadioi . Coidstreanicrs, and Fusiliers l'eld l''o balter> their own, and from it. on ti-<.

>jlicl ria»o- oi the Rib nins, ->tih poured as good a lire as our •uniuui.it :on would puimil. J lie re were repeated ti.es of ' " Charge " and some men near me said. "If any otlicei"- will lead iii no will c Large,' and as I was the onlj one just i tl'Oie I coul-1 not refuse such an appeal, so \. jumped into the embrasiue and. waging my rev oh or, said, 'Come on. mj lads! Who wii! frllTW me.'' I thin rushed on, fired mi io\ olver at n fellow close To me; but it Mi«<od fire. I pulled again and think I killed him. Jiut then a man

ton. lied ire on t!ie -houuler ami said, 'You was near done for. I said, ' Oh. no — he uai -one '._j ho-p ire' He answered, ' Hi^ bayonet was all but tlnough you u ho i I clouted htin 01 or the Jiead.' And, sure enough, a fo"ow had got boh'nd rue and ri^nlv settled me I rnu=i add that (he '. i^'nadior "ho accompanied me was publicly made cor|ioral on parade next morning. His name i-> Falniei • I did not know it. but I -^aid. ' W >' is yoi'r name' Well, if I Inc through this, yoj shill not be fortrotton.' "