The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-02-18 00:00:00

THZ ZULU WAR.

TES BRITISH DRYILAT IN ZULU.

MOM LOOP CoULLETTOLD TO SOCLITMIT Or STA= /PO/
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to kayo to report • very disastroas
elle& took piece on the Mid January, betweetWriguln;
and • portioa of Na 3 Cabana, loft to guard ths camp
about is miles in front of Rorke's Drift. The Zulu,
came down in overwhelming numbers, and, is spite of
ths gallant resistasos made by Ore companies of the
1-34th mid ass compeer of the 2-14th, two gnat, two
rocket tubes, 106 mouated moo, and about DO Natives,
they overwhelmed them. The *sap coutaining all the
survive ammadtket and transport of 'Na 3 Column, was
takes, sad but few al its defenders moped. Our bat I
fear, moat be set down at 30 officers and about DO non-
-o.,,oodosioood officees, rank and Ole, of Inv/risk Ir,000•1
and non-oommle ofikers, rank and Si.. of Casual
troopa
It would seem that the troop, were enticed away from
tk dr .mp, ea the action took place about oos mile and a
quarter outdd•
ma ressalteher of Colossi
it's column rroccepted
comp after dark the mine t, having been with me
twelve miles away all di!. The morning, the
Di, we arrived at Rook., Drift poet, which lot twelve
hours had been attacked by WOO to 4003 Lulea The dr
fawn by some IN men of the 24th under Bromeliad and •
few others. most gallant Lieutenant Chard, 5.1, senior
°Doer. 370 bodies lay deem erased the poet Complete
Zulu km at 1000 bore atoms. At the camp where the
disinter occurred, the lam of the enemy is computed to be
over MOO. Colonel POSIIOII, Na 1 Column, has been
attacked, but repulsed the Zulus with mama
Idol of killed and mama(
Rii=laglimpers Woad Durniord, Lieutenant
Royal Artillery Itessell, Captain Stuart fignith.
lot Batteßoa, UgtM,--1 'oleos! Pelle:lna, Major
White, Captain. Degacher, Wardell, llcetyn, and
Youeghusband ; Lieutenant+ Hodson, Atkinson,
Daly, Anatey, Dress, Portent Melvin, ; Quarter-
master Pullen. Id Battalion: Lieutenants Pope, Austis.
Dyer, (Width ; Quartermaster Bloomfield; Burgeon
Hajar Shepherd.

(Rums Tanana )
• valuable envoy of amyl aossisting of one
bandied aad wane= drawn by a themmed
Mo =ul
two gun her rbid got end shell. ems
rilln two imbed atild= thousand
mententint, win sixty peens of esentimern
Mean nil lie minus of ths Inh Rtmont. fell into the
bane af lie sway.
The took eine shoat tea miles beyond
Rohn In the Tanala- Inver.
The mem 'Milos killed sad wounded is estimated
to nee bias Ave thousand, while our force was
eggillitrialata d...kaßritigh loss has moan tin utmost
conelsreattea Colony.
The High Commusioner has seat a despatch by steamer
to Mauritius satin foe relaforainiens, and has alse mat
an appeal for additional troops to Raglan by OW

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THE REINTORCZYZAS FOR NATAL
TM Government are about to mad relaformemate
of about TAO eSarre sod ow.. to Natal, which will
doable to. number of troops M to. Oolaay wham to.
war began. Thirteen tramanwto wett two wall
will Mho antis Mb Lament let Dragoon
Ragimern, 94th Rogiment, Royal Engineers, two
MOM= of Royal Artillery, Sad botanic. Slat
Reginwat, Dram about SOO nom Army fiernoe
Corps, Slit Ragintsat, 3.1 battalion Nth Regiment