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nillatifse ofmmlimvoid.nendketh1st-f ovs-ogngle.ndieatAnon«.itin»*IeJ8illmiy10b-n»»nitit■tnaitbeer•na fi;boypav«tiedarlbawtraining she was sent, with other ‘‘food fcno for powder/* to Join the duke of Marlborough’s army in Holland.Christian was wounded at the bat tie _ _ of Hohen-Unden (“at Linden, when the ; was sun was low”), but soon recovered. ! geqi While quartered at Gorcurn, the dash- j •*lt;; m- ing cavalryman (Christian), made love up I to the publican's daughter! She succeeded, and in consequence had to fight a duel with the former lover, wounded him seriously and was dismissed the regiment. Soon afterward she enlisted , “G iii Lord John Hay's dragoons, and was a t wounded in the hip by a bullet at the battle of Donavert. The surgeons who extracted the ball did not discover her sex, strange to say.Then she found her husband, Walsh, married to a Hollander, gave him a . good beating, afterward concluded a ther treaty of peace with him on the basis “I i t j of preserving each other’s secret. MrsWalsh was severely wounded at thebattle of Ramrnillies, and the surgeon discovered that “the dashing dragoon” was a woman and. of course, she was dismissed from the army. Thereupon the officers of the regiment subscribed enough to keep Christian for the bal-war*#il|bacl“1camdidnance of her life, and remarried her to Walsh, who was, no doubt, tired of his Dutch “vrouw.”Christian was made regimental cook and sutler. Walsh was killed soon after. and a few weeks later she married a »ddior named Jones, who also was soon killed, and Christian once more g. j widowed. Thereupon an appreciative ■P j government came to her aid with a pen-Io | si'fTi of £50 a year, and also provided for ! her the daughter she gave birth to; j ingOnce more she married a soldier, and j that settled down to private life, living to a she’ green old ae in a little tobacco shop, j nie,Hero . he often related incidents of her ness romantic career to visitors, “fought ail her battles o’er again/* and waited for“T at ^“Y “I ‘ VI do “Y tertravI a visitcallthe all-conqueror. The funeral was at- tlt;|eatended by thousands, and a file of men from her old regiment fired a farewell volley over her grave.Hannah Snell was another female warrior who had a most romantic career, and who was doubtless prompted to enact the role of soldier by the universal praise bestowed on Christian Kavunagh. After a rather bitter experience, part of which arose from being sentenced to receive 500 lasher on a trumped-up charge, she deserted and l* | enlisted in the navy, in which sheserved with signal courage for severalyears, her sex never being discovereduntil the retired from active life, married and settled down. There were many other cases during the 30 years' w'ar in Europe, but the foregoing were among the most interesting.In 1S57 the Sepoy mutiny brought a female chief to the from It was th* Ranee of Jhansi. a princess of the J “bluest blood’’ of India. She was one of the ablest and bravest of the Hindu rebels, and personally led her eonthi-gent, raised to support Nana Sahib, the | rajah of Cawnpore. She made a gallant I defense of her city. Jharai, against the British forces, led by Gen Sir Colin Campbell. When it fell, with 4500 slain, the Ranee escaped, found her troop.* on the road to Cawnpore. and stubbornlytheyinglear:aweitiomwon(TTribYemmCrmymanThobtn w'ho one son lt;held It against the enemv until herLitpeptOkpersia pel
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Boston Sunday Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Sun, Oct 30, 1898
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