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Thursday/January 1, 1942

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The skirt of the pipes means "Fight On!"

ITH the latest exploit of our forces th landing at Maaloy In Norway the story'~ is told of a major who played the Commando* to the assault with the bagpipes. In the past, this strange Instrument has Inspired the Highlanders to victory in many partg of the globe. This time, however, It's not a Scottish regiment which has been piped to the attack, for --s t h t Commandos are picked men from every part of the country. Yet, In all probability the major of the Commandos was a Scot who carried on the tradition of his countrymen . . , wherever the Scottish soldier may go, there also will go his beloved bagpipes. T N July, 1813, a force of British troops2,400 A strongwei'e engaged by Napoleon's army In the Maya Pass, In the Pyrenees. No corps was harder pressed than t h e 92nd Regiment of the Gordon Highlanders. Time after time they were attacked and then counter-attacked in their turn, until eventually only half of. the 400 men forming tlK^^ Gordons' right wine remained. ^''*-*. It was thenfor the first time In their history that the Highlanders disobeyed orders. After ten hours' fighting, reinforcements arrived, but the General decided not to make another attack. The men were utterly depressed, when suddenly there came the rousing strains of " Haugfai of Cromdale " from the pipe major, This was all that was needed, for, to the accompanimentof the wild music from the pines, the men charged and drove the French bacK mile. Generally English people do not like the pipes. But there was a time when the English had - never heard a more beautiful sound, and that was during the siege of Lucknow a t the time of the Indian Mutiny of 1857. For 140 days the defenders beat off the attacks of the rebellious sepoys, and were facing hunger and pestilence, when very faintly at first they neard the skirl of Highland pipes, The defenders could not believe their ears, but as the glorious sound grew nearer and stronger, there were shouts of " The Campbells are Coming:. Hurrah ! Hurrah ! " ,URING an attack at Loos In 1915, a piper, Daniel Laidlaw, won the V.C. After a terrific bombardment from the enemy, Laidlaw's company found themt.,ives in dlHlcultles from gas. Seeing this, he leapt from the trenches, and amid a hail of bullets, marched up and down the iarapct playing " Blue Bonnets Over the Borler," The effect of his splendid example was Immediate. The men dashed from their trenches and swept to the assault. Laidlaw went with them, piping all the time. Shrapnel smashed into his leg. but he kept on going forwardkept on piping until the position was won. It is not quite clear where the bagpipes originated. but one thing Is certain It wasn't Scotland. They were the martial Instruments of the ancient Roman armies, and Nero is said to haveplayed them. Their use spread from Asia to Europe over a period of centuries. But the earliest record of the bagpipes In Scotland was ip 1409. The bagpipes have been used, and then abandoned,' bv nearly every country In Europe and Asia, and it seems that the Scots are the only race to have adopted them for good. Anyway, they arc certainly in the right hands 'this time, as history can prove. JACK OWEN.

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