20 JULY 1912, Page 18

" MOTHER ! MOTHER!"

[TO THE EDITOR OF THZ " SPECTATOR."]

$i&,—Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, in his book entitled From Midshipman to Field-Marshal" (chap. ix.), narrates the following incident which occurred during the assault of the Redan :—

"I dropped on one knee to talk to an officer sitting under the Abatis as to our chances of getting in, when he was hit just above the waist-bolt by a bullet. He tossed about in great pain, calling on the Almighty. I was somewhat perturbed, but had seen too many men killed to be seriously affected, until he apostrophized his mother. This allusion distressed me so much that I rose and walked slowly in the direction of the Malakoff."

Killearn Manse.