Blair Collection > Celtic monthly > Volume 4, 1896

THE CELTIC MONTHLY.
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•A'ithin the fort tlia clu»ky bordss, l)y Bi-itish pluck
dismayed.
" Britons strike liome," then charged the host,
heroic ardour burned
Within each breast, whose muskets sheen no dusky
warrior turned ;
Where danger's post was carried first, the Seafortli's
last were seen,
And ' Caber Feidh ' the pipei'S played for the lads
in tartan green.
No life was lost, e'en death refrained,
To mar the glorious victory gained.
The Gates of Otitra-durgum.
Not ended yet the Seaforth's task, before them
< )utra-durgum lay.
Tho' scares two suns had sot to r«at in the arm» of
dying day.
No need to wait for granted leavej the soldiers
rushed the wall,
Tho' fast the gate, the Celtic fire doomed that the
fort should fall ;
The ladders with the pioneers dashed over quick
as thought ;
The second wall, the second gate, the dauntless
Seaforths fought.
Forcing with shoulders squared a way, thro' bolts
and bars they burst.
Until the narrowing pathway stemmed th' advancing
bayonet thrust ;
Too late the Colonel's order sent the dangerous
slopes to leave.
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THE SEAFIlRTII IlUilll
VIJNG THE HEIGHTS AT SAVENDROOG.
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The seeming check the Highland blood, the High- Fierce white sheets of lurid flame, muskets and
land wit relieve ;§ rockets rent
Hand over hand the ladders came, five walls to The holy calm of eastern night, o'er heated battle
escalade, bent ;
' Then forward lads,' no danger yet the Seaforth Disturbed, the echoing hills sent back each shout of
lads dismayed, mad delight.
Two companies of Highland men alone the fortress \g q'qj. t]je nullah rushed the foe, pursued by
took, Highland might.
Which, to his lowest depths the fame of Tippoo jjj„p ^j^jg ^he valiant Seaforths charged, successful
Sahib shook. .j,.ji„gj ^l^ f^,e^
Dauntless still in valour shone the kiltsd lads in And twice the swollen river crossed in flush of
fight, heavy flow,;
That last decisive victory gained,** thro' the long The current claimed its victims there, of gallant
and weary night men;and true,