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210- THE 79rs NEWS.

liilb, arrrl tlrc sttn'ivors latrrleri in Dugland in \raliant efforts rvern mnrlc tofirrrl morc kilts,the liilt,. Ditl unyothcrl{ighlond Rcgiment, and'tire ofliccrs rrprl W.Os. oonbinletl iofighb eveu oue *ctiou iu the last rvur in the wear the ftilt ab 11ll tirnes uptii t'heliilt, Iel, ttlotre * 'rrrmplete campaign? Battnlion's embarkation for bhe Far East ia

It the tnorslo effec"b of the kilb s'as rrs hhe sprirrg of 1tI..12.'Tfie new reinfelgspsstr.,i{r(lrttj otr tlto OnelttY rrs it, $'eg oll .ottt' owlr rvlrr, ir.ltw' joinerl tlro P,rrttalion, had only thel,rrxrpx, Llttltt -tlto,rrrlvttrtrtgtr o[ worrritrg-tlrc krrtirl'1r,itcl, trr4 .tlrr. Rlpe f{nclile,' apartl(ilt w*sl itrrieerl (tnorltx)tm. Tlre rvriter, fr<rr1 tlxrir c$p lrrlrlgq, to shlrv tlrey werebeing in tho Anfi-'l'atrk I'lato<xr, was oftsu (larper11ns, urrri shortt.v t6o Blue llackle wsstoft to thicken up t'he mesgre anbi-tenlt itseif to. bs withdrawn.r€Bources of otJrer.divisiona. The English The withdrawal of the Blue HgckleBegiments wera: alweys svsrwfu6lrning in oame abolrt os follows. The ]]l.e Enckle.the confidonce t'hey placed. in the fightiug ab we hsve s€an, wgs given to t[e Regirnentqualities of the llocl:s, atrd it is no exeggera' es s r€sult of a sonve.i"tioo betwesn Lisut.-t'ion to say thab the mero anivsl of lyonty Col. Wimberley and. our Royal C,olonsl-iri-kilted Cemonons with their throe smell guna Chief. Ilowovlr, the War Office had notoften had the effect of reetorin-g tho- q9n- given bffieiat opproval or folmnllyfidence of olreody rather badly shaken ipprcrached FIiq Mijeety on behalf of. thLI"r""Tir,,t,..

fandsnce was srrown ;q r!.o lglff:*#"*n"il,:J'fif" X}iilf' ill$kitt on l)unkirk beaches. Numeurs indi- nrin n*,1 ststine that ihe Rhro Ilackle lrorlvidusls arid bodies oI frocrps, who Ilad 19st 5ir'on giveh for valotrr in bnt;le, which thc'their offieera, reportod to the writer for Itegim:euthnd never for one ingtant clnimerl.insbructions" tloug_h he h^ad. only the one pip - Ae-a result, the War Offlce ordersfl, that, the.of a 2/Lieut., an-d there wero msny mors matter *oet be left dorrront till aftef thesonior offEcors ipnbwling'-the \ach. PT- \Mar; an&'so, sadly, tihe Cnrneronsr on t&etibularlf strikiingt- wes t'h9 arriynl of tF" orilers of tle'ColonJ of tfue llegrpent, tqokromnants ol a Platoon-of Welsh Q*dt, down the bhre Ilscl.le, hopiag:to reiso'thewlrosa Sergeant -rgpe{"{ in- lhe traditironel matter eggin when the Wig ivss won'and

. tirln$s 1ty.l,e-and trnisheA with a " ES p."- p€scs osil.mor€. raigned;. After_the !far,' miasion to !or1 yorrr Phtoon, air.'-' tr\irther it i" rr.rd..rgto(d, *orE prominent C"**mnr,,volunteera had to \-refiregl, -ae

the Platoon inclgr{ing, of coirme, tlie then Cxionel of -t[e

hnd. swollon fitm fi{teen Jocks. to cloeo.on ltogimo;t,.Goneral i}**,,agaiu took up"tirc$ty. ' men,

^ ropneson-tifg. many _ of the ,.",nit"r, and, st last, A.C.I. 518 of l$Fl'oon-

Ilegiurer*s of the Rritish Arrn5. It rvas to firnieil o1r:ul6irrrate succesg. ' t

the Jockg the 'hersssod rlrnbarketion Stafr. - . ' It is. boped th* the origin ol tbe Rtue,nnd. NrvX ttrnod, phgo thoy w-anted. mon to Hnokls lus 6een ,.ras cld."o-ihat tfieorganise ggd ognt,ill the straggling hordes of Blue Aackle is ths u*tta **"f ?"""t",trogps- whioh-floodE{J'h" bea,ch at thg i"!!y a Ctmoron, eyen rhen he is not ifuessed inead of Dunkirk.^,,{he-we-aring.of tha kilt t6e kilt, "ia ," ,"-"-U"i.t*i tn"-gt""aleo hed a b€neficia,l efreot *-4" wearer. H;kt; hyiil t" yo", U.f-";f it *U-ti*"r.Who dreesod

".,q F,g!l**. p the fsmoug . :Wi t"h tnl U"ttf"E"., t..,h" p.t"n'€tt, inrtan poulil Pt S: Xegiment ilown? *s i bal*;i tt"h so\pn on to the iloeveflrg nppoareace of the lst Bsttelio.n at Dun- *Uoo" the elboi. Aft"; b""Uin:tf,"-t"rg"kirk, corcct'ly d'reased, shavod, fulty a,mbd, iltoli ;;;;i""d

-"oil"rr"Br' to hsvo been

cq1pl"Jp r+iflr -entiigll cap.el conqglJy rolled i"t." i"t" s.;;";ii;-f,; il"-R"si,irint ot'git} thh -quidk, yleibe itrl"S: .thii--after i;;. .,As ielil force ,-iib wers U""ift "p

i"tfr-qe rf,oeks^ figb.ting--rvar pnoof o{ the die. th; U.K. ;;;til-.""h; for-"Uoo. "r-"cipline nud trainiJ'-g gt.th" tit.Battelion, to of the-ser;Ic6J ;il **ii*, '*"r-a, *...rvhich must b€ sdded the onormoru efrect of signR bruke'Out, Either hn[er arms'worltl

. ths,wearing ofrthe kilt. luv; to il'ilra.t";idi#;;til'themAlss, Dunkirk was the end of t{re l{lt, i; ;";;'ril&;ri;ldty ;i. ih"is"il"", tU"'

ns fnr.the f.et B$telion waa concerned. The ;i;, woukL t*o"'dJoini. '..'0,r; t"rt*,

oasualties had been suchithst n{eT a-gain . pit"-i, Ji.i"t i,t"-it"-fi;;i "i",e;

;fri"t i"could kitte bo found for the whols Bsttafron. [n"..r-" ,&itd[,;fi ; ie"]fr

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