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'" There came out a _Gazette_ in which Cottar found that he had been behaving with "courage and coolness and discretion" in all his capacities; that he had assisted the wounded under fire, and blown in a gate, also under fire. Net result, his captaincy and a brevet majority, coupled with the Distinguished Service Order. THERE CAME OUT A GAZETTE IN WHICH CARTER FOUND THAT HE HAD BEEN BEHAVING WITH COURAGE AND COOLNESS AND DISCRETION IN ALL HIS CAPACITIES THAT HE HAD ASSISTED THE WOUNDED UNDER FIRE HAD BLOWN IN A GATE ALSO UNDER FIRE THAT RESULT HIS CAPTAINCY AND A BREVET MAJORITY COUPLED WITH THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER
 and cleaned out hills full of the enemy with the precision of well-broken dogs of chase; and in the hour of retreat, when, hampered with the sick and wounded of the column, they were persecuted down eleven miles of waterless valley, they, serving as rearguard, covered themselves with a great glory in the eyes of fellow-professionals. Any regiment can advance, but few know how to retreat with a sting in the tail. Then they turned to made roads, most often under fire, and dismantled some inconvenient mud redoubts. They were the last corps to be withdrawn when the rubbish of the campaign was all swept up; and after a month in standing camp, which tries morals severely, they departed to their own place in column of fours, singing: “’E’s goin’ to do without ’em— Don’t want ’em any more; ’E’s goin’ to do without ’em, As ’e’s often done before. ’E’s goin’ to be a martyr On a ’ighly novel plan, An’ all the boys and girls will say, ’Ow! what a nice young man-man-man! Ow! what a nice young man! IR WAY BACK TO IT AGAIN THEY CROWNED AND CLEANED OUT THE HILLS FULL OF THE ENEMY WITH A PRECISION OF WELL BROKEN DOGS OF CHASE AND IN THE HOUR OF RETREAT WHEN HAMPERED WITH THE SICK AND WOUNDED OF THE COLUMN THEY WERE PERSECUTED DOWN ELEVEN MILES OF WATERLESS VALLEY THEY SERVING AS REAR GUARD COVERED THEMSELVES WITH GREAT GLORY IN THE EYES OF FELLOW PROFESSIONALS EDNEY REGIMENT CAN ADVANCE BUT FEW KNOW HOW TO RETREAT WITH A STING IN THE TAIL THEN THEY TURNED TO MADE ROADS MOST OFTEN UNDER FIRE AND DISMANTLED SOME INCONVENIENT MUD REDOUBTS THEY WERE THE LAST CORPS TO BE WITHDRAWN WHEN THE RUBBISH OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS ALL SWEPT UP AND AFTER A MONTH IN STANDING CAMP WHICH TRIES MORAL SEVERELY THEY DEPARTED TO THEIR OWN PLACE IN COLUMN OF FOURS SINGING HE'S GOING TO DO WITHOUT EM DON'T WANT EM ANY MORE HE'S GOING TO DO WITHOUT EM AS HE'S OFTEN DONE BEFORE HE'S GOING TO BE A MARTYR ON AN IDLY NOVEL PLAN AND ALL THE BOYS AND GIRLS WILL SAY OH WHAT A NICE YOUNG MAN MEN OH WHAT A NICE YOUNG MAN
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