KINSHIP BETWEEN HIGHLANDERS AND GOORKHAS. 501 nine killed and forty wounded. The Gordons, who,though so prominent in the fight, hadbeen a shorter time in action, come third on the list withthree killed and forty-one wounded. Without in the least detracting from their gallantryitmust beremembered that when theyadvanced the tribesmen hadbeen for hours under a heavy artilleryand rifle fire, and their powerof resistdown from the death-strewn slope not only their own dead and wounded but also those of the Goorkhas, who, having been so long in action,were less able for the task. There wasno longerany question of abandoning the hard-won heights. The enemy had retired, carrying off their owndead and wounded,but theymade no attempt to regain the position or to molestits GORDON HIGHIANDERS BURYING TlItIR HEAD AFTER DARGAI.

ancehad thus been considerably weakened, and theirammunition was probablyrunning short.

In these lists many slight wounds are not included. Moreover, numbers of the men had theiruniforms and accoutrementscut up withrifle bullets,all evidence of the heavy fire to which theyhad been exposed. The wonder is that the casualties were not much more serious.

Highlanders and Goorkhas, both of them mountaineers, have always felt marked kinship in arms. After the fight the Gordons brought defenders. The second battle of Dargai had opened the pass through the Samana Range, and the first victory- of the campaign had been secured.

Two Victoria Crosses were awarded to the Gordons. One was given to Piper Findlater, theother to PrivateE.Lawson,for saving under aheavyfire the lives of two comrades,Lieutenant Dingwall and Private McMillan,thoughhe was himself wounded twice whilecarrying them to a place of safety.