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der the lee of the rising ground, in order to
conceal the movement from the keen eyes of
Twala's scout.
Half an hour or more was allowed to
elapse between the setting out of the horns
or wings of the army before any movement
was made by the Grays and the supporting:
regiment, known as the Buffaloes, which
were destined to bear the brunt of the battle.
Both of these rgi menu were almost per
fectly fresh, and of full strength, the Gras
having been in reserve in the morning, and
having lost but a small number of men in
sweeping back that part of the attack which
bad proved successful in breaking the line
of defense, on the occasion when 1 charired
w ith them and got knocked silly for my
pains. As lor the Buffaloes, they had
formed the third line of defense on the left,
and as the attacking force at that point had
not succeeded in breaking through the
second, had scarcely come into action at all.
Infadoos, who was a wary oid general,
and knew the absolute importance of keej
ing up the spirits of his men on the eve of
such a desperate encounter, employed the
pause in addressing his own regiment, the
Grays, in poetical language; in explaining to
them the honor that they were receiving in
being put thus in the forefront of the battle,
and in having the ereat white warrior from
the stars to fight vs itli them in their ranks,
and in promising lare rewards of cattle and
promotion to all who survived in the event
of Ignosi's arms being successful.
"Behold your king I' ended old Infadoos,
pointing to lgnosi ; "go light and fall for
him as is the duty of brave men, and cursed
and shanii-fiil forever be the name of him
who shrinks from death for his king, or who
turns hw back to his enemy. Behold your
king! chiefs, captains, and soldiers; now do
your homage to the sacred snake, and then
follow on, that Inculm and 1 may show ye
the road to the heart of Twala's forces."
There was a niom- nt's pause, then sudden
ly there rose from She serried phalanxes be
fore us a murmur, like the distant whisper
of the sea, caused by the gentle tapping ol
the handles of six thousand spears against
their holders" shields. Slowly it swelled,
till its growing volume deepened and widen
ed into a roar of rolling noise, that echoed
like thunder nnumst the mountains, and
tilled tin" air with heavy w;,vs of sound.
Then ir dif-rease.t and slowly died away in
to nothing, and suddenly out crashed the
ro at salute.
Il'iios'i, 1 thou rht to myself, might well be
a proud man tli.it day.' for no Uoinan empe
ror ever had si;ch a salutation from gladia
tors "ahout to die."
lgnosi acknowledged this magnificent act
of homage by lilting his b;title-:ix. and then
the Grais I'red off in a triple-iine formation,
each line containing about one thousand
li rhting men, exclusive of oilicers. When the
htsi iine ha i gone some live hundred yards,
lgnosi put isiuiseif at the head of the Butia
loes. which regiment was drawn up in a
similar tlii'fv-iine formation, and gave the
word to m.ii' h, and of:' wo went, I. needless
to say, utlcriiu the most heart-felt prayers
t.iat 1 might coaie on: of that job with a
whole skin. Many a queer position have 1
found uiseif in, but never before in one
rjuite so unpleasant as the present, or one in
which my chance of coining ofT safe was so
small.
By the time we reached the edge of the
plateau the Grays were already half-way
down the slope ending in the tongue o'
grass-land that ran up into the bend of the
mountain, something as the fro? of a horses
foot runs up in the shoe. The excitement in
Twala's camp on the plain beyond was very
great, and regiment after regiment were
starting forward at a long swinging trot in
order to reach the root of the tongue of land
before the attacking force could emerge into
the plain of Loo.
This tongue of land, which was some three
hundred yards in depth, was even at its root
or widest part not more than one hundred
and fifty paces across, while at iU tip it
scarcely measured sixty. The Grays, who,
in passing down the side of the hill and on
to the tip of the tongue, had formed in
column, on reaching the spot where it
broadened out again reassumed their triple
line formation, anil halted dead.
Then we that is, the Buffaloes moved
down the tip of the tongue and took our
stand in reserve, about one hundred yards
behind the last line of the Grays, and on
slightly higher ground. Meanwhile we had
leisure to observe Twala's entire force,
which had evidently been reinforced since
the morning attack, and could not now, not
withstanding their losses, number less than
forty thousand, moving swiftly toward us.
But as they ilrew near the root of the tongue
they hesitated, having discovered that only
one regiment could advance into the gorge at
a time, and that there, some seventy yards
from the mouth of it, unassailable except in
front, on account of the high walls of bowlder-strewn
ground on either side, stood the
famous regiment of Grays, the pride and
glory of the Kukuana army, ready to hold
the way against their forces as the three Ro
mans once held the bridge against thou
sands. They hesitated and finally stopped
their advance ; there was no eagerness to
cross spears with those three lines of grim
warriors who stood so firm and ready. Pre
sently, however, a tall general, with the cus
tomary head-dress of nodding ostrich-plumes
came running up, attended by a group of
chiefs and orderlies, being, I thought, none
other than Twaia himself, and gave an order,
and the first regiment raised a shout, and
charged up toward the Grays, who remained
perfectly still and silent till the attacking
troops were within forty yards, and a volley
of tollas, or throwing-knives, came rattling
among their ranks.
Then suddenly with a bound and a roar,
they sprung forward with uplifted spears,
and the two regiments met in deadly strife.
Next second the roll of the meeting shields
came to our ears like the sound of thunder,
and the whole plain seemed to be alive with"
flashes of light reflected from the stabbing
s pears. To and fro swung the heaving mass
of struggling, stabbing humanity, but not for
long. oiKiaeniy in atiaerrag lines saeiueu
to grow thinner, and then with a alow, lone
heave the Grays passed over them, just as
jrreat wave bearee up and passes ever a
sunken ridge. It was done; that regiment
was completely destroyed, hut the Grays had
but two lines left now; a third of their num
ber were dead.
Closing up shoulder to shoulder once more
they halted in silence and awaited attack,
and 1 was rejoiced to catch sight of Sir Hen
ry's yellow bearJ as he moved to and fro. ar
ranging the ranks, ho he was yet alive!
Meanwhile we moved up to the ground of
the encounter, which was cumbered by
about four thousand prostrate human be
ings, dead, dying, an I woun led, an t literal
ly stained red with blood, lgnosi issued an
order, which was rapidly passed down the
ranks, to the effect that none of the enemies'
wounded were to be killed, ami so far as we
could see this order was scrupulously carried
out. It would have been a skocking sight,
if we had had time to think of it.
But now a second regiment, distinguished
by white plumes, kilts, and shields, was
moving up to the attack of the two thousand
remaining Grays, who stood waiting in the
same ominous silence as befor. till tho foe
was within forty yards or so, when they
hurled themselves with irresistible force up
on them. Again there came the awful roll
of the meeting shields, and as we watched,
the grim tragedy repeated itself. By this
time the issue was left longer in doubt; in
deed it seemed for awhile almost impossible
that the Grays should again prevail. The
attacking regiment, which was one formed
of young men, fought with the utmost fury,
and at first seemed by sheer weight to be
driving the veterans back. The slaughter
was something awful, hundreds falling
every minute; and from among the shouU
of the warriors and the groans of the dying,
set to the clashing music of meeting spears,
came a continuous hissing undertone of
"ti'gee, s'gee," the note of triumph of each
victor as he passed his spear through ami
through the body of his fallen foe.
But perfect discipline and steady anil un
changing valor can do wonders, ami one vet
eran soldier is worth two young ones, as
soon became apparent in the present case.
For just as we thought that it was all up
with the Grays, and were preparing to take
their place so soon as they made room by be
ing destroyed, 1 heard Sir Henry's deep
voice ringing out above the din, and caught
a glimpse of his cir'-ling battle-ax as he
waved it high above his plumes. Then came
a change; the Grays ceased to give; they
stood still as a ro -lc, against which the fur
ious waves of spearmen broke again and
again, only to recoil. Presently they begun
to move again forward this time; as they
had no tirearms, there was no smoke, so f
could see it all. Another minute and the
onslaught grew fainter.
"Ah, they are men, indeed; they will con
quer again," called out lgnosi, who waf
grinding his teeth with excitement at m
side. "See, it is done !'
.Suddenly, like puffs of smoke from the
mouth of a cannon, tite attacking regiment
broke away in flying groups, their white
head-dresses streaming behind them in the
wind, ami left their opponents victory in
deed, but, alas! no more a regiment. Of the
gallant triple line, which, forty minutes be
fore, had gone into action three thousand
strong, there remained at most some six
hundred blood-bespattered men; the rest
were under-foot. And yet they cheered and
waved their spears in triumph, and then, in
stead of falling back upon us as we expected,
they ran forward, for a hundred yards or so,
after the flying groups of foemen, took pos
session of a gently rising knoll of ground,
and, resuming the old triple formation,
formed a threefold ring around it And
then, thanks be to God, standing on the top
of the mound for a minute, 1 saw Sir Henry,
apparently unharmed, and with our old
friend Infadoos. Then Twala's regiments
rolled down upon the doomed band, and
once more the battle closed in. As those
who read this history will probably long
ago have gathered, I am, to be honest, a bit
of a coward, and certainly in no way given
to fighting, though, somehow, it has often
been my lot to get into unpleasant positions,
and to be obliged to shed man's Olood. But
1 have ..iways hated it, and kept my own
blood as undiminished in quantity as possible,
sometimes by a judicious use of my heels.
At this moment, however, for the lirst time
in my life, 1 felt my bosom burn with mar
tial ardor. Warlike fragments from the
"lngoldsby Legends," together with num
bers of sanguinary verses from tho Old Tes
tament, sprang up in my brain like mush
rooms in the dark; my blood, which hither
to had been half frozen with horror, went
beating through my veins, and there came
upon me a 6avage desire to kill and spare
not. I glanced round at the serried ranks ol
warriors behind us, and somehow, all in an
Instant began to wonder if my face looked
like theirs. There they stood, their heads
craned forward over their shields, the hand
twitching, the lip9 apart, the fierce features
instinct with the hungry lust of battle, and
in the eyes a look like the glare of a blood
hound when he sights his quarry.
Only lgnosi's heart seemed, to judge from
his comparative self-possession, to all ap
pearance, to beat as calmly as ever beneatb
his leopard-skin cloak, though even he still
kept on grinding his teeth. I could stand il
no longer.
"Are we to stand here until we put out
roots, Umbopa lgnosi, I mean while Twa
ia swallows our brothers yonder?" 1 asked.
2iay, Macumazahn," was the answer;
"see, now Is the ripe moment; let us pluck
it"
As he spoke a fresh regiment rushed past
the ring upon the little mound, and wheeling
round, attacked it from the hither side.
Then lifting his battle-ax, lgnosi gave the
signal to advance, and, raising the Kukuana
battle-cry, the Buffaloes charged home.
What followed immediately on this it is
out of my power to tell. All 1 can remembei
is a wild yet ordered rush that seemed to
shake the ground; a sudden change of front
and forming up on the part of the regiment
against which the charge was directed; then
an awful shock, a dull roar of voices, and a
continuous flashing of spears, seen through
red mist of blood.
When my mind cleared 1 found myself
standing inside the remnant of the Grays
near the top of the mound, and just behind
no less a person than Sir Henry himself.
How 1 got there 1 had, at that moment, nc
idea, but Sir Henry afterward told me that I
was borne up by the first furious charge of
the Buffaloes almost to his feet, and then
left, as they in turn were pressed back.
Thereon he dashed out of the circle and
dragged me into it
As for the fight that followed who can
describe It? Again uid again the multitudes
surged up against our momentarily lessening
circle,and again and again we beat them back.
"The stubborn spearman still made good
- Tb dark, impenetrable wood;
Each stepping where his comrade stood
The instant that he fell,"
as the "lngoldsby Legends'' beautifullj
puts it
It was a splendid thing to see those brave
battalions come on time after time over the
barriers of their dead, sometimes holding
corpses before them to receive our spear
thrusts, only to leavt their own corpses U
to see that sturdy old warrior, Infadoos, at
cool m though he were on parade, snouting
out orders, taunt, and even jtvtU, to keep up
the spirit of his few remaining men, and
then, as each charge rolled up, stepping for
ward to wherever the lighting was thickest,
to (war his share in repelling it Ami yd
more gallant was the vision of Sir II nry,
whoso ostrich plumes had ben shorn off by
a spear stroke, so that his long yellow hail
streamed out In the breeze behind htm.
Then; he slood, tho gn at Dane, for ho waf
nothing else, his hands, his ax, and his ar
mor all red with blood, an I noun could live
before his strode. Time after time 1 saw il
come sweeping down, as soin great warrior
ventured to ive him battle, ami as lie struck
he shouted: "O hov! O ho." !i:.e hi-t li Tse
kir forefathers, and the blow w ul crash -115
through shield und spear, through h 'a l-dtcss
hair and skull, till at last 11 nn: would ol
t.icir own wi.l come near t;m great v.iiti
"tagati" (wizard), who killed und faded
not
But suddenly there rose n cry of "Twala,
y Twala," and out of the press s;ruug none
other than the gig mtie oue-cs ed king him
self, also armed with battlc-ax and shield
armor.
"Where art thou, Incihu, thou while mall,
who slew Scragg.i, my son see if thou
canst kill mel" he shouted, and at the Hame
time hurled a tolla straight at Sir Henry,
who fortunately, saw it coming, and caught
it ou his shield, which it transiixed, remain
ing wedged in the iion plate behind tin) hide.
Then, with a cry Twala spruit; forward
straight at him, and with his halllc-ax struck
hilil such a blow upon the shield that tho
mere force and shockof it brought Sir I !cnr ,
strong a man a9 he was, down upon his
knees.
But at the time tho matter went no further,
for at that instant there rose from the regi
ments pressing round us something like
shout ol dismay, and on looking up 1 saw
the cause.
To the right and to the left the plain wai
alive with the plumes of charging warriors.
The outflanking squadrons had come to 0111
relief. The time could not have been bcttci
chosen. All '1 wala's army hud, as lgnosi
had predicted would be the c ise, fixed tlieii
attention on the bloody struggle which was
raging round the remnant of the Grays and
the liuffaloes, who were now carr iug on a
battle, of their own at a Jill!" distance, which
two regiiuenn had forni-d the ch--s: of our
army. It wa- u..t uui.i t l.iiis wer
about to gal! t'uein trial thev irol dreamed ol
their approach. And now, b.-foiv tiiev could
even assume a proper ! -r.ii ii 10 11 l- r dd'ellS'
these had leaped, like gieyh und on theit
flanks.
In fiv-j minutes the fat" of the batt'e w:ls
decided. Taken on bolti I: oiks, and dis
mayed by tho wful sla lighter inflicted upon
tlieui by the Grays and liufi'.il'ic.-,, Twala's
regiments broke into flight and soon th
whole plain between us and l.o was scat
tered with groups of Hying soldiers, unking
irood their retreat. As for th" force thai
had so recently surrounded us ;uid the Bul
falocs, they melted a way as though by magic,
and presently were left standing there like a
rock from which the sea had ivireal"d. IJ11I
what a sight il was! Around us the dead
and dying lay in hcapcd-iip im-.-is, and of
the gallant Gras there remained alive but
ninety-live men. More than two thousand
nine hundred had fallen in this one regi
ment, most of them never to rise again.
"Men," naid Infadoos. calmly, as between
the intervals of binding up a wound in his
arm he surveyed what remained to him of
his corps, "ye have kept up the reputation
of your regiment, and this day's lighting
will be spoken of by your children's child
ren." Then ho turned round and shook S'n
Henry Curtis by the hand, "Thou ait a
great man, lucubii," he sai l, simply; "I
have lived a long life among wariiors, and
know many a brave one, yet have 1 nevei
seen a man like thee."
At this moment the Buffaloes began to
march past our position on the road to Loo,
and as they did so a message was brought to
us from lgnosi reiiuesting Infadoos, Sif
Henry-, and myself to join him. According
ly, orders having been issued to the remain
ing ninety men of ths Gra s to employ them
selves in collecting the wounded, we joined
lgnosi, who informed us that he was pres
sing on to Loo to complete the victory by
capturing Twala, if that should !e possible.
Before we had gone far we suddenly dis
covered the figure of Good sitting on an ant
heap about one hundred paces from us.
Close beside him was the txdy of a Kukuana.
"He must be wounded," said Sir Henry,
anxiously. As he made the remark an unto
ward thing happened. The dead body of
the Kukuana soldier, or rather what had ap
peared to be his dead body, suddenly sprang
up, knocked Good head over heels off the
ant-heap, and bean to spear him. We
rushed forward m terror, and as we drew
near we saw the brawny warrior making
dig after dig at the prostrate Good, who at
each prod jerkea all his limbs into the air.
Seeing us coming the Kukuana gave one fin
al most vicious dig, and with a shout of
"Take that, wizard," bolted off. Good dia
not move, and we concluded that our pooe
comrade was done for. Sadly we came to
ward bim, and were indeed astonished to
find hlra pale and faint Indeed, but with a
serene smile upon his face, and his eye-glass
still fixed in his eye.
"Capital armor this," he murmured, on
catching sight of our faces bendingover him.
"How sold he must have been 1" and then
fainted. On examination we discovered that
he had been seriously wounded in the leg by
a tolla in the course of the pursuit, but that
the chain armor had prevented his last assail
ant's spear from doing anything more than
bruise him badly. It was a merciful escape.
As nothing could be done for him at the mo
meut, he was placed on one of the wicker
shields used for the wounded, and carried
along with us.
On arriving before one of the gates of Loo
we found one of our regiments watching it
in obedience to orders received from lgnosi.
The remaining regiments were in the same
way watching the other exits to the town.
The officer in command of this regiment
coming up saluted lgnosi as king, and in
formed him that Twala's army had taken
refuee in the town, whither Twala himself
had also escaped, but that he thought that
they were thoroughly demoralized, and
would surrender. Thereupon Juosi, after
taking counsel with us, sent forward heralds
to each gate ordering the defenders to open,
and promising on his royal word life and
forgiveness to every soldier who laid down
his amis. The message was not without its
effect Presently, amid the shouts and
cheers of the Buffaloes, the bridge was drop
ped across the fosse, and the gates upon the
farther side flung open.
Taking due precautions against treachery,
we marched on into the town. All along the
road-ways stood dejected warriors, their
heads drooping, and their shields and spears
at their feet who, as lgnosi passed, saluted
him as king. On we marched straight to
Twala's kraal. When we reached the great
space where a day or two previously we had
seen the review and the witch bunt we found
it deserted. No, not quite deserted, for there,
on the further side, in front of bis hut sat
Twala himself, with but one attendant
Gafool.