, 1879-03-19

EIE Cf1ICAGO TRIBUNE
said to havc been fired At I,im IA llu did 40, hut
~ LIZ mercy Ut Providence ho escaped, A,sl WAS
llllls enabled to wntil the General, and 70 save
his '!ln md f!lc llvcs nf H.. with him. Un-
ao,lotedly, hail no. s,Irn warning been given,
l.prd ClcimAfOr, ncrombanlet by Ills staIf, nl
the troops With him, would haye walked With
out suspicion tnto 1lc ekilllul trap uslai1, nna
III such circumstances
FEW WOULD HAVE EscArED.
AZ It WIS, although tll1so WIN watch mems
faces comld 1,avo seen That something very
mitch out Of thu common llatl 1Iarpened, III.
necessary mcnsnres which Inc occaslon callc,a
iior. were taken wlthou. delay or hesitation.
N,al. oo;sct. A: D: G., was sent to call up Col.
Battalion Of the Third Natal Native Contingent
wns at once extended In line, With The Mounted
Infantry as,a the Carbinecrs respectively ol, tl,.
r4lt and lett thinks, tl!e tIcncrnl anl hts atatl
tlsl thu march forward l,elng resumed wtlhnut
delay. When VIC wcsu abuut tllrco miles from
,l,s camp, thu GENERAL ordered t''e truopa 20
halt u . watereourse. On Inc furthcr ahlc
esaled their -, advancc from those holding
!1ecessary, As, without doubt, tic force sH, ha;
been abio to carry ZIG e.a1,p would make h,lt
strong-and ihc few mounted men. We were
forced to watt for our supports,-a weary limo
i was; waiting, waItsak, every man looking at
his relEhbor nlMt wo5dering what the end might
bc, Meantime, thts mounted tncn Ind been Of
dcrcd to send ,icEets forward to ascertain what
wns EolitE on, AiA the contradictory rcports they
brought III addcd 10 the general uncertainty.
An hour n1hl hAli must at the least hnvu
p1s'G IN tbs ~as when c aSns[al m Glsfe
Infantry ntld ascertain the renl facts beyond q
doubt: liu did SO, ut,l In short half 1our ro-
turned
"NArrEns WE'RE As BAD TO Tng puL1."
with Zn1us, like disturbed ant-hcap With
nuts. MANY Of tic tents wcyo burning, ind the
numbers estmntcd MS holding tho road--our
only outlet to Natal-wcro put down rs ut least
1000 tnetl. In such CIRCUMSTANCES Tiers WIS
only ono thlnE to be donu-ytz., tu whit for our
supports, nnd tllct cut our wny through, the
enemy; and Lord Chelmsford and bis advisers
decided nt once on this course.
~ I9TTy Tlay ~ :, te,, sSeed . 10 nt Co'. nlyn
ncnt, the guns. i1le police, antl the second But
talon Of thc Third Satnl Native Contingent
tnate tlsec appearance. ind then, Without dDnbt
Or hesitation. Lord Chelmsford placed his men
the camp. III first suo!;e tn the First Battui.on
Of tho Twcnty-iourtt, trlI!ng them that the camp
had beeu taken in our absence, tint thu cne-
my hold It IN great force, and he depended ut,
tl,enl to relale IL antl to REOPEN our commune
cation. His speech, short n.'t pfti,y, WIS re-
ceiycu with cheers, nt,l there c0tllti be no doubt
ts,a ulcn meant what 'licsr cheer Implied, ut1d
Intended to conqttPr Or die. The order oi bat
onta ". .,,t,,a,,t ai,,'. y. tts t
tmtia5 sr ,t,'er,i ,, p'E
next there came two l,attalIons Of The Native
Contingent. one OIL each side, and each Keep
H t Ras,n Mt 'uo @ rs,n. ~ "t ,I, SGI
@ paarded % tic runs IN IN INC ccnt1o IN 'front.' e' Of
thc guns was Lord Chelmsford md those i,u-
,nedsatciy with him. III this order, then, the
, au1a.sa VIZ IMuc, NY 1'sM. u9.hs nna9 .'oIn
.n,,,, ~ ,,,a na ' nsn "mIn '''e
eoue" u 'ic ea'l'p "us eFosssu
IT WAS AS DARK
ns It ever became during t!ie night. Immcdt-
nteIf aitcF thls sasSaga nati Deen nlauc tAc leit
W WE o1aGsG @ ~ aatacs ,Ih. . LING .te s1',as!
wv on the leit rue 11e eeS where thc
@ aoau passes ' 'nc !ss,o. ~, Il. h,. safs''g ne ILL.,
WnB oH'f alsan tnt ~: nnhe in!antsy unqcs
MAI nieh. itu o5tHIeu fi tneI, W fo one sollcy
ana ii'e,i laxe lug n.l. Mitm 'as bavgnet, a'i,i,
eonslucInt@ VIZ elieutns,ncss i NM putItlon, one
tafi Only ieei tnaMkiai tlsaI tnefe vas no 'eces
sty ior eaiie5 onI VI ~ usses. iioWe'cr, tey
o'sanpsatco ~ tmo ual sa sIu !ne nuvaiice
continued. iew mt,ltes .,n, aite1, however, The
voice OF !ile uencfal Was !ear osasrsl'S t!ie gums
TO come ii,sG aetion, n,la lns Iu',oia .! We car
taEcs a9maen aue susos''s muosg t..e ~! NOISE
seconds followed by ~ Guthrie and ~ tie
piEnt ilahl1 aEu fuar " ~ hesen.pounaGr' ING
sleils Wcfc princ!pai!t u,leeten .o"asus !.e neeR
IL IN aru'.st a.1 "M.'n "eio sen.'s,E, VIZ
y .M, was most .ihe.3 taG erey Mas eane 10 noiC:
ntll' Mn"cses, % M..n inc GSeep.ou o. couple OF
nres cF.uchus sS"a.T, H., o'G,o W. hotal,ls 70 10
sseh g.. OF !ne enemy dne Eaiis nreo lew she!6'
@ up n aS ~ ta sone "as g. nnno'
W!cn Irsu co.nnM.'Ss " un seeG!a ~ naltalloa
q 'us ,sa wno Mero ~ Support on
so @ t htshtt %I!o ~ rnsir ~ ~. e Ivy
snots %atn H. on!ect a u usnM,aS tNe enen,y.s
Mle; tcsl et fu.a fif. nu1 sTsct t M.otu f"nus,
"tn tne I,ost uuat.ul G.lSeL lso!', IN att'stle
poilt 81 !,e", nIt mus "n!eFcr ,e Nv lat Us us
covering the post,o,, nn t'e cmeanS was col
eelhea MN 'st H. Sn.s"t1 .ntouGn ~ !ne uark
iless VIZ IeaIu ~ aMcn*]'io"'l" cnees''s away
10 ous 'ci.' h''a h''e"
THEY HAD TAKRN THE HILL,
which was tic Icy Of tho posltiou. Cheers
were taken up all along the linc nA had tie
Zulu nation only heard thcm nrl kluwn ns wo
did, that they were the cheers OF n handful Of
EnEllsl. troops, who hail lost full half tllcir
number. besides everything .llry possessed, unl
who believed themselves 10 be ndyunc!ug aguiust
aG uuutuy, In q very strong position, ten tInlrs
numerically stronger than themselves, mud IN
tho dirk, fanpy they would have understood
tlmt they had very considerably tlntlcryal1cd
our Hfout mrn,n US they contemptuol,bly call
tllcn,. Alter tic cheer tllcru wus no more (1r-
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