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2 » Prince Waldemar left the field at the request. of
3 ithe -Governor-general, who was unwilling that a
4 foreign prince should be further subject to the risk
5 of losing his life. The issue.of the battle was not
6 then decided, but fortunately the prince retyned
7 to Feerozporé,.and had the satisfaction of knowing,
8 sthat though the British had a fierce foe to contend
9 with, victory had decided for them.
10 , Colonel Wallace, who commanded a division, cotonel Wal-
11 iwas also killed by a cannon shot at a time when the Tee ee
12 enemy’s guns were playing with ed effect. on
13 ithe morning of the 22nd.
14 ; Among the first who fell on the 2st December
15 :was Captain Thomas Box, of the 1st. European
16 Aight infgntry, as brave a soldier as ever entered
17 the field of battle, which indeed might emphatically
18 sbe said to have been his true sphere of action; his Death of
19 egallant bearing was acknowledged by all, and his eer
20 :conduct at Kooner, in Affghanistan, will not soon
21 _be forgotten by those who witnessed it. He was,
22 ;to use a common expression, “a soldier every inch
23 \of him,” and he bravely died the death of a soldier,
24 while cheering on his gallant men. He was univer-
25 sally beloved by men and officers, and his death
26 left a blank in the regiment which cannot be easily
27 filled up.
28 .. Captain D'Arcy Todd, whose escape from Herat Death of
29 will be in the recollection of many readers, had his ©?" Te*
30 head carried away by a cannon shot, while with his
31 troop of horse artillery. Like many others, he had
32 a presentiment that he would be killed in action,