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major-general. He was one of General Wolseley’s companions-in-arms in the Red River Expedition, and also accompanied him to Ashantee. He fought valiantly in the Zulu War when Lord Chelmsford came to grief, and materially aided Lord Wolseley in the last Egyptian campaign, taking a prominent part in the battles of El Teb and Tamai. Of the General, Mr. Archibald Forbes says : “ Redvers Buller has seen more war than any of our soldiers who are not yet veterans. The Red River Expedition was not war, but it had its merits as a preparatory lesson. He accompanied Wolseley to Ashantee, and soon took his place there as a man who might be trusted to organize, to lead, and to tight. In South Africa his name was bracketed with Sir Evelyn Wood. Men who were in the field with him in the Zulu campaign will not soon forget what dominance he swayed, what a power he wielded both of restraint and of encouragement over the wild, mixed, irregular horsemen with whom he did service, so constant, so active, and so enterprising. They recognized in him, with his taciturnity, varied by a rare sudden flash of speech that stirred men’s blood—in the subtle something that made his men love him while they feared him, a born leader of men.”

General Buller obtained the Victoria Cross for his gallant conduct at the retreat at Inhlobana, on the 28th March, 1879, in having assisted, whilst hotly pursued by Zulus, in rescuing Capt. C. D’Arcy, of the Frontier Light Horse, who was retiring on foot, and carrying him on his horse until he over¬ took the rear guard ; also for having, on the same date and under the same circumstances, conveyed Lieut. C. Everitt, of the Frontier Light Horse, whose horse had been killed under him, to a place of safety.

GENERAL WOLSELEY.

The life of Lord Wolseley is too well known to need any lengthened account.

Lieutenant-General Garnet Joseph Wolseley, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., LL.D., D.C.L., is a son of Major G. J. Wolseley, and was born in 1833. He entered the army as Ensign in the 12th Foot at the age of 19. His first service was in the Burmese War ; after this in the Crimea, where he was severely wounded, and frequently mentioned in despatches. He next served in the Indian campaigns of 1857-59, again being brought before the notice of the authorities at home. The mutiny over, he next saw active service in China. Ten years later he conducted the Red River Expedition, for the success of which he was created Knight of St. Michael and St. Georne. His next achievements were in the Ashantee War, for which he was puolicly thanked by the Houses of Parliament, and was nominated a G.C.M.G., and K.C.B. For the following years he administered the Government of Natal, and after¬ wards was appoin ed High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief of the island of Cyprus. In June, 1879, Lord Wolseley was sent to South Africa again as Governor and High Commissioner of Natal and the Transvaal, to re-organize the affairs of Zululand, and conducted the < perations against Secocoeni, whose stronghold he destroyed. Returning in 1880, he was appointed Quartermaster-General at headquarters, and afterwards became Adjutant-General. His brilliant achievements against Arabi Pasha—for which he was raised to the peerage, and his subsequent leadership of the “relief expedi¬ tion,” has been given in detail in these pages.

Tlie above brief account of Lord Wolseley’s career will show that he is a general of no little experience in the art of war. He has fought in Burmah in Russia, in India, in China, in Canada, on the west coast of Africa, in the 6outh of that continent, and in Egypt; and everywhere, we may say, with