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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539544" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Humble Heroine</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas at the Seige of Matagarda, during the Peninsular War,<br>That a Mrs Reston for courage outshone any man there by far;<br>She was the wife of a Scottish soldier in Matagarda Port,<br>And to attend to her husband she there did resort. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas in the Spring of the year 1810,<br>That General Sir Thomas Graham occupied Matagarda with 150 men;<br>These consisted of a detachment from the Scots Brigade,<br>And on that occasion they weren't in the least afraid. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And Captain Maclaine of the 94th did the whole of them command,<br>And the courage the men displayed was really grand;<br>Because they held Matagarda for fifty-four days,<br>Against o'erwhelming numbers of the French - therefore they are worthy of praise. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The British were fighting on behalf of Spain,<br>But if they fought on their behalf they didn't fight in vain;<br>For they beat them manfully by land and sea,<br>And from the shores of Spain they were forced to flee. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because Captain Maclaine set about repairing the old fort,<br>So as to make it comfortable for his men to resort;<br>And there he kept his men at work day by day,<br>Filling sand-bags and stuffing them in the walls without delay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">There was one woman in the fort during those trying dags,<br>A Mrs Reston, who is worthy of great praise;<br>She acted like a ministering angel to the soldiers while there,<br>By helping them to fill sand-bags, it was her constant care. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mrs Reston behaved as fearlessly as any soldier in the garrison,<br>And amongst the soldiers golden opinions she won,<br>For her presence was everywhere amongst the men,<br>And the service invaluable she rendered to them. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Methinks I see that brave heroine carrying her child,<br>Whilst the bullets were falling around her, enough to drive her wild;<br>And bending over it to protect it from danger,<br>Because to war's alarms it was a stranger. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And while the shells shrieked around, and their fragments did scatter,<br>She was serving the men at the guns with wine and water;<br>And while the shot whistled around, her courage wasn't slack,<br>Because to the soldiers she carried sand-bags on her back. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A little drummer boy was told to fetch water from the well,<br>But he was afraid because the bullets from the enemy around it fell;<br>And the Doctor cried to the boy, Why are you standing there?<br>But Mrs Reston said, Doctor, the bairn is feared, I do declare. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And she said, Give me the pail, laddie, I'll fetch the water,<br>Not fearing that the shot would her brains scatter;<br>And without a moment's hesitation she took the pail,<br>Whilst the shot whirred thick around her, yet her courage didn't fail. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And to see that heroic woman the scene was most grand,<br>Because as she drew the water a shot cut the rope in her hand;<br>But she caught the pail with her hand dexterously,<br>Oh! the scene was imposing end most beautiful to see. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The British fought bravely, as they are always willing to do,<br>Although their numbers were but few;<br>So they kept up the cannonading with their artillery,<br>And stood manfully at their guns against the enemy. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And five times the flagstaff was shot away,<br>And as often was it replaced without dismay;<br>And the flag was fastened to an angle of the wall,<br>And the British resolved to defend it whatever did befall. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So the French were beaten and were glad to run,<br>And the British for defeating them golden opinions have won<br>Ah through brave Captain Maclaine and his heroes bold,<br>Likewise Mrs Reston, whose name should be written in letters of gold.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q>
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