The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-26
The Princes Death.

In the examination rs to how the Prince
Imperial of France was killed Corporal
Grubb dcposcd--"Thc Kaf1ir came up,
saying something which no one understood
till interpreted that he had seen Zulu at
the river Oh the other side We lost no
time in saddling, fetching our own horses.
The Prince gave the order, Prepare to
mount" | took the time from him. lie
took hold of lis horse and said Mount.
The Prince mounted, but before We got
time TO get our right feet into the sirrups
volcy was fired from the mcalics. We
were all seated except Rogers, who was
trying to catch his led horse. The vollcy
was fired from about twenty yards. The
Zulus shouted 'Usutu, and Here are the
English towards. l turned round, saw
the Zulus and put spurs to my horse. AS
| went saw Rogers behind hut, to the
shelter of which he had ran, and l shouted
out Come along l saw him level his rifle
at Zulu. l rode on with Abel full gallop"
"Who was leading then2"
''Licutcnants Carey and Cochrane When
we had got few yards from the kraals Il
bullet struck Abel full in the buck, about
an inch below his bandolicr. lie was full
half II length in front of me. | saw they
were firing high, and so lay along my
horse. Letocq passed me, saying, put
spurs to your horse, boy; the Prince Is
down. | looked back and saw that the
Prince was ciinging to the stirrup- leather
and saddle underneath his horse for few
lengths, and he then fell. His horse, as far
as could make out, then trampcd on him.
| unslung my carbine to have shot at tho
Zulus, but the horse then plunged into the
donga, alNl / fell forward on his neck and
lost my loaded carbine." When recovered
my scat found the Princes horse close be-
side me. | could not catch him so l got
behind it and drove it along till came IN
to Liout Carey. He then said 'Som. one
must catch the Princes horse, a. | re-
piled, AS my horse is ragged will catch
II and ride it into the camp dismounted,
caught the horse and rode It into the camp
l saw no more of the Prince"
''What was the last order givcn2" t"The
Prince said, sMouut.' had no order after
that, but at the sound of the volley
watched Lieut.. Carey. We all of us put
spurs to our horses and galloped."
"lIow many Zulus were thcre2" 81
should Judge forty or fifty"
"What were the Zulus firing with 2"
''From the whiz of the bullet that struck
Abel, know they had Martini Hcnrys"
Before you mounted how were you
standing?" eve were in line, the Prince
gave the word Prepare to Mount was
next to him. We mounted, but did not
see him do So He was, l think, doing
something TO- his bit. All of sudden a
volly was !ttSd at us, the Zulus giving Il
tremendous shout. The horses were fright
ened and we could hardly hold them. Some
broke away and the rest boltcd with lis.
When got across the donga, or about fifty
yards from the 'kraal, saw tho Prince on
foot, closely pursued by Zuus His horse
was then gallopiug off in another direction.
l saw 40 more of the Prince. l followed
Lieutenant Cary. He gave no orders"
''1n what direction was the Prince run
ning2"
"lio was running after u.s.. .
''How many Zulus were pursuing him2"
81 think about a dozen."
''IIow far off were thcy2 "About three
yards from him. They all had guns and
asscgais."
"Was any effort made to rally or halt, or
any attempt made to save the Prince2"
''No; we had only three rifles with u.s."
elbow far did you gallop2" About two
miles without stopping"
''Did any one ask about the Prince 2"
s'NO; we were separated"
Trooper Ietocq gave evidence rs follows:
'Just as we were springing to our saddles
the volley was fired from the mcalies at fif-
teen or seventeen yards, dropped my
carbine and had to dsmount for it. In re-
mounting was unable to got my feet into
the stirrups, my horse was galloping so
hard from fright. lay across the saddle.
| passed the Prince but was unable to stop
for him, having no power over the rens.
AS / got clear of the kraal 1 passed the
Prince. He then had hold of the stirrup-
leather and the cantle Of the saddle and
was trying to get his foot into the stirrup,
but his horse was going toN fast. said to
him, sDcpeches VOus, Sit voas 2olait,
Monsieur, ct montcz Uotre chevul.
He made no reply. lie had not caught
hold Of the bride; he could not keep up
with the horse, and | saw 1t tread on him
and the Prince fell down. The Zulus were
firing all the time, but could not sec them.
l saw no more of the Prince. I followed
Lieutenant Carey. He was leading at first
but some of us passed him. We galloped
two or three miles, the Zulus trying to sur
round us. saw Grubbe and Willis could
not catch up to us, and asked Captain Ca
rcy to wait for them. He said, 'Wc will
cross the spruit and wait for them on the
other side Grubbe and Willis wero three
800 yards behind us, for their horses were
knocked up" ,#'&.@I. 81.
''Were any orders given to stop or rally,
or try to save the Prince2" 'tNo."
"Did any one of you mention the Prince,
or did Lieutenant Carey say anything about
him2 "NO: all that | heard Lieutenant
Carey say all the time was, Ict us make
haste and 20 quickly.'"
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