With the Colours is a 1905 Australian stage drama by Edward Irham Cole set during the Second Boer War.
[9] "A captain of the forty second is under sentence of death for supposed cowardice in action.
He entrusts his all to the care of a brother officer, who however betrays his trust and robs the widow and orphan.
A very exciting scene takes place at the end of the lirst act, where the captain is placed before a file of his own men and is just about to be shot, when the Boers attack the British camp.
A hand to hand battle is fought and some very fine specimens of swordsmanship are shown, with the curtain falling on a British victory with Australians to the front.