The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13 00:00:00

THE PURSUIT OF CETEWAYO.

Under date Capetown, August 19, the Daily Neus of Mon-
day publishes the following :
Sir Garnet Wolseley arrived at Ulundi on August
10, and found the valley completely deserted, but soon
after his arrival messages from some neighbouring
chiefs were brought in, expressing their desire to
surrender. The few huts remaining at Ulundi were
thoroughly searched, and a few relics of Isandula
found, as also portraits of the Queen and Prince of
Wales presented to Cetewayo on his coronation.
On the 12th August a cavalry reconnaissance was
made in the direction of Amanzeltanze, where the two
guns lost at Isandula, together with all the rockets
and shells, were recovered, and the magazine destroyed.
At daybreak on 'he 13th all the available cavalry of
the camp, under Colonel Barrow, started on a three
days' patrol, to endeavour to capture Cetewayo, and
on the morning of the 14th had reached a kraal where
the King had been the previous afternoon. Continuing
the pursuit, Colonel Barrow found the kraal where the
King had slept the previous night, and followed his track
until dark, taking possesion at 7 a.m, on the following
day of the very kraal which the King had left that
morning. Near this was a kloof, and Lord Gifford
and the mounted natives and Natal Police commenced
to search it for traces of the fugitives. In the after-
noon it was found that the King had taken to the
bush, and was heading southwards, since when no
news has been received, An infantry patrol and
some mounted men have been sent to the junction
of the Umvolosi River to intercept this southward
movement, and another mounted party has been
sent from near Port Durnford to Santa Lucia
Bay. Colonel Baker Russell, who was also in pur-
suit of Cetewayo, has in c9nsequence of the change
in the direction of the King's flight gone to
Fort George. Umnyana, the Zulu Prime Minister
whose following is estimated at 11,000; Tyeng
wayo, who was second in command at Isandula;
and two of the King's brothers, Usukane and Um.
kilebane, surrendered on the 15th, bringing with them
600 of the King's cattle. Usinwelu, the King's
brother, and a number of head men have since given
in their submission. Colonel Barrow reported that
during his pursuit of the King he found the natives
generally friendly, and that they provided guides.
Colonel Villiers, however, who is advancing with the
Burghers towards Luneberg, has been fired upon by
the enemy, and expects to meet with considerable re-
sistance near the Assegai River. He hoped, however,
to be joined by the Swazies under Captain McLeod
on the 15th."

The Correspondent of The Times says :—" The King
is now known to be in one of the kraals of his Prime
Minister, Unymana by name. The first night after
Ulundi he found refuge at Usikwali, between Ulundi
and the Black Umvolosi ; the second night he crossed
that river to the kraal of his cousin, Usibobo. A short
time ago he was so stout that he could hardly move on
foot; now he is so reduced as to walk easily. My infor-
mation is from the best native source, and is confirmed
by the Norwegian Bishop Schroeder."