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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539700" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Horrors of Majuba</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas after the great Majuba fight:<br>And the next morning, at daylight,<br>Captain Macbean's men were ordered to headquarters camp,<br>So immediately Captain Macbean and his men set out on tramp. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And there they were joined by the Blue Jackets and 58th men,<br>Who, for unflinching courage, no man can them condemn;<br>And that brave little band was commissioned to bury their dead,<br>And the little band numbered in all about one hundred. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And they were supplied with a white flag, fit emblem of death,<br>Then they started off to O'Neill's farm, with bated breath,<br>Where their comrades had been left the previous night,<br>And were lying weltering in their gore, oh! what a horrible sight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when they arrived at the foot of Majuba Hill,<br>They were stopped by a Boer party, but they meant no ill,<br>Who asked them what they wanted without dismay,<br>And when they said, their dead, there was no further delay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the brave heroes marched on, without any dread,<br>To the Hill of Majuba to collect and bury their dead;<br>And to see them climbing Majuba it was a fearful sight,<br>And much more so on a dark pitch night. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And on Majuba there was a row of dead men,<br>Numbering about forty or fifty of them;<br>There were also numbers of wounded men lying on the ground,<br>And when Captain Macbean's party gazed on them their sorrow was profound. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, heaven! what a sight of blood and brains!<br>While the grass was red all o'er with blood-stains;<br>Especially at the edge of the Hill, where the 92nd men were killed,<br>'Twas there that the eyes of Macbean's party with tears filled, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When they saw their dead and dying comrades in arms,<br>Who were always foremost in the fight during war's alarms;<br>But who were now lying dead on Majuba Hill,<br>And, alas! beyond the aid of all human skill. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They then went about two hundred yards down the Hill,<br>And collected fourteen more bodies, which made their blood run chill;<br>And, into one grave, seventy-five bodies they buried there,<br>All mostly 92nd men, who, I hope, are free from all care. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh! think of that gallant British band,<br>Who, at Majuba, made such a heroic stand,<br>And, take them altogether, they behaved like brave men,<br>But, alas! they were slaughtered like sheep in a pen. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Poor fellows! there were few of them left to retire,<br>Because undauntedly they faced that murderous fire,<br>That the mighty host poured in upon them, left and right,<br>From their numerous rifles, day and night. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The conduct of the 92nd was most brave throughout,<br>Which has always been the case, without any doubt;<br>At least, it has been the case in general with the Highland Brigade,<br>Because in the field they are the foremost, and seldom afraid. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And to do the British justice at Majuba they behaved right well,<br>But by overwhelming numbers the most of them fell,<br>Which I'm very sorry to relate,<br>That such a brave little band met with such a fate. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The commanders and officers deserve great praise,<br>Because they told their men to hold Majuba for three days;<br>And so they did, until the most of them fell,<br>Fighting nobly for their Queen and country they loved right well. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But who's to blame for their fate I'm at a loss to know,<br>But I think 'twas by fighting too numerous a foe;<br>But there's one thing I know, and, in conclusion, will say,<br>That their fame will be handed down to posterity for many a day!</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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