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captain in the British service, but continued to serve in the Egyptian army, being particularly occupied with the training of the Sudanese battalions. In 1889 he received the D.S.O. for his conduct at Toski and in 189r, after the See also:

ACTION

action at Tokar, he was promoted substantive See also:

major. In 1896 he commanded a See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade of the Egyptian army in the See also:

DONGOLA

Dongola Expedition, and during the following See also:

CAMPAIGNS

campaigns he distinguished himself in every engagement, above all in the final See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

OMDURMAN

Omdurman (1898) at the crisis of which Macdonald's Sudanese brigade, manceuvring as a unit with the coolness and precision of the See also:

PARADE (Fr. parade, an adaptation from Ital. parada; cf. Span. parada, from Lat. parade, to prepare, equip, furnish)

parade ground, repulsed the most determined attack of the Mandists. After this See also:

GREAT

great service Macdonald's name became famous in See also:

England and Scotland, the popular See also:

SOBRIQUET

sobriquet of " Fighting. Mac " testifying the See also:

INTEREST

interest aroused in the public mind by his career and his soldierly See also:

PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality. He was promoted See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in the army and appointed an aide-de-See also:

CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to the See also:

queen, and in 1899 he was promoted major-general and appointed to a command in See also:

India. In See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1899 he was called to See also:

South See also:

Africa to command the Highland Brigade, which had just suffered very heavily and had lost its See also:

COMMANDER

commander, Major-General A.

G. Wauchope, in the battle of Magersfontein. He commanded the brigade through-out See also:

Lord See also:

Roberts's Paardeberg, See also:

BLOEMFONTEIN

Bloemfontein and See also:

PRETORIA

Pretoria operations, and in 1901 he was made a K.C. B. In 1902 he was appointed to command the troops in See also:

CEYLON

Ceylon, but See also:

early in the following year (See also:

March 25, 1903) he committed See also:

SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide in See also:

Paris. A memorial to this brilliant soldier, in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower See also:

LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo ft. high, was erected at Dingwall and completed in 1907.

End of Article: MACDONALD, SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD (1852-1903)

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