[To TEE EDITOR OD THE " SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—With reference to the letter from "Pro Patrita " in your issue of Saturday last, may I suggest to the writer to consult at his club or any library "The Last Post" (Simpkin,
Marshall, and Co.), a roll of officers who fell in South Africa, 1899-1902, which in nearly all cases gives a short account of each officer's death ? Your correspondent and his friend the Bulgarian officer must be hard to please if they are not satis- fied with the stories therein given of the acts of bravery of Cathcart, Chichester, Coulson, Digby-Jones, Dennis, Kimber, Lloyd, Roberts, Tabor, Weldon, Younger, and a host of others who have died heroic deaths. Each officer I have mentioned, I venture to think, "committed some special deed, knowing that the deed or failure in it" might lead to his death. There are also other books which "Pro Perin" might consult—viz., those which have been written regarding the holders of the V.C.—but at the moment I do not recollect their correct designations. There is also a book compiled regarding those who fell in the Zulu War of 1879, in which are given, amongst others, the names of Melville and Coghill, who fell endeavour- ing to save the colours of their regiment.—I am, Sir, &es DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA Moat.
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