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ri »| .,- - , A * . " 1 ' 1 . . . . ¦ - •' .. ' ' I . rt . ' ~ " " 1 P # P ^^ a ^^ % W f ^ t ^ l rafle under * fce triangles as in the above case . Wk « fi ^ e : ^^<^ cm the retreat from Burgos in 1813 , a fellow ii ^ p ^ ^ h ^ . ; W ^^^ M ^ t « robbing a comrade of some shirts , attempted , t cteSert to the enemy , and was in the act of passing over to the | jj Hne $ when he was taken by some Spanish guerrillas who immediately brought him back a prisoner to Almeida . Oar
cantonments Y « e two or three miles from Gallagos , and Major Caraeroin at the time was the officer in command . The culprit was triedl by a regimental court-martial and sentenced to receive live hundred lashes . The regiment formed for the punishment-parade in a wood near a little village about two miles from Almeida , to
the right of Foft Conception ; and , after the proceedings ofth f court-martial had been read , Major Cameron , addressing tt ' e prisoner , sajd , "I should have had you tried li y a general courtmartial bot from the respect I have for the regiment , and ia tjiftt case you would have beei * shot / ' ; The prisoner claimed pardon , alleging that liquor aad ill-treatment had been the cause of the offence . He was tied Up to a tree , w&en Major Cameron
addressed him tb the Mining ^ flfect- 4 i Now , sir , if the men of the regimjerit wit ! % k answerable for your conduct for the future , I will pardon fonl" 1 % ^ prisoner looked with an imploring eye to the regiment , but not a man spoke . The Major then said ' ^ IJaifieiv go ori ! Twenty-five lashes were inflicte " d ^ when t ^ e Major again saWi " W < eli !> if your own company only will be
ap ^ werable Br fmvfuture conduct , I will pardori you . " Agaiii the prisoner locked around . " 1 r 6 ittember ft ^ ell—each man leaned on his rifle with the left hand on the muzzle , and supporting the right elbow on that hand , covered his face with the right / and was silent—not one spoke . The ; next bugjer went on and ffave twenty-five more lashes ; the Major then said , " If only one man speak
m t ^ e re ^^ iit ^ tu for you , I will pftrdon you . " Up » 6 » this / the pTisoaet writhing round as far as I tJie cords permitted Jiim , cried , " OB ^ i a ^ ii f $ peak for me— * will be honest in jfuture . StHinotaman spoke . The next btfgler then went on , and , after inffictin ^ some sixteen or eighteen more lashes , a voiee cried out l ^ o ^ ive him , sir ! " Instantly Major Cameron
exclaimed , Stop , bugler ! stop ; whd w ^ s the man that sp oke . ?' - ^^ I ^ W , rfr , vi « tU answer . " Step fbr \ vraM , continued the MftJor , arid a nian 6 t ^ pped ? out from the front ranjt . " Oh 1 * ttW the Maj 6 r , "h it ^<>" # Robinson ?—as great a bteckguaipd ^ him « elf—but take him down ! 'The prisoner was accbrdiri ^ iy tafcen down , and after being conducted out of the square , Majw Cameron addressing the regiment , said , " Now men , I ktfW yoi ^ r valour and worth more than I did b efore ; not a single man of the regiment would sp ^ ak for him , but one as good-for-nothing a fellow as himself ; I shall rnor ^ than ever respect you , for you
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 353, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/35/
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