, 1879-06-03
THE ZULU CAMPAIGN.

Has 1t Assumed the D!mcnalons Of tic Crit
u'cnn War7-Cols. Wnosl nnd Pearson
nnd rrlncc Narotoon sIck-sEnc xulu.
An Irish journal thus describes the present
position OF uflairs In South Africa:
"The Eugs!s', papers are full VI letters anu
tclegrsms describing the condition Of affairs In
Zullaud up to the 2oth Of April. From the
letters OF the correspondents we gather the fol-
lowing picture OF tho situation OH the Zulu
frontier when the mails LETT Cape Town fort.
night aeu We are told by ono correspondent
that the Zulu war Is rapidly assuming the ii.
ineIstous Of the Crimcan war, and is, indeed,
in some particulars, outgrowlng them.
a merc statement of fact shows that
this Is no rhetorical flourish. The En-
elsh army which Is drawn up on the Zulu frcn-
tier reaches the astounding total OF 3O.OO0
Hcn, OF whom about onc-lialf are regular troops,
the remainder being made up Of colonla! yolun-
teers. arnled natives Under whtg officers, etc.
tesse ho1ssdtease @ eu1se ai IL saash Nsrica ns
nppenred, and Is sweeping away tic horses OF
tic caralry. BY the loss Ut tic CIyue nm
enormous quantity Of valuable storcs Including
b,0O0,0D rounds Of ammuntio,,, went To the
0ottoM. Tie cnlon!sts regard the war Us q
splcndid opportunity Of tnnkIng money out of
the G0yesn1lens fighting to defend them. Each
colonial volunteer is paid I've sh!Iltngs dav,
md cycrrth!n. found The owners of cattle
most cxuctilg character. Famine prizes are
charged for everything, and Natal Is naturally
delighted nt war out Of which SO good thing
Is botlg Made. Notwithstanding tic vast
prices paid, tic English are parayZed by want
Of Transport. Col. Erralock cannot move !Or.
war! without Su0 oxen more, ind the tommfs-
sarlnt consesses that they see not thr slightest
possibility of heIug able to fulfill tic Geticral's
rsquikttton. Tie column led By the gallant Col.
Wood Is In still worsc plight, His 1rivers re-
fuse to cross the tront1yr, and are rapidly DE-
The latest accounts arc TINT Oil the few days
before the mails started four officers, ono Of
them k1n Of Lord Cough, died. Very many
officers are III, Including Eu!. Wood, Col. Pear
sou, and Prince Louis Napoleon, who Ia very
Gcttolsly in0tsp0sed. In tlc forcu OF 1900 men
stationed at tii,Igihlovo there arc :l0 sick. The
sick there Iack hospital comforts, aud the Ncd-
eai staN Is entirely insufficient In number. The
Xnlus appear to bs full uf fight. and are
H'nssInc to oppose the invasion. Other native
tribes arc giving great trouble. Morlosi st;lt
holds out. aud hts Uasutos beat back fhc last
EuglIsL attack, iu1ictlng Q loss OF two officers
And twcnty ucn. On the northern border
another band Of natives, after giving much
tronblr. were Dispersed alul their leader taken.
lie turned ont to be Inn EnElishnlant" nnuIctl
Mccarthy, md the incident Is curious al sUw-
Ing t.sat now, as Of old, wherever England Ia In
trouble sumo 20" or Aiac" turns up OIL the
other s!,!c 10 represent tie death fcud Ut scyc,l
centuries. The picture is completed when We
say that al accounts coucur In showing TINT
when, III the tlrst week VI JuiIc Lord Chelmsford
crosses thu frontier he will leave 130 miles OF
Natal ouen 70 Zulu raid. n1td he Will lind IL
land tn which tho Zulus will lave burned down
every bfude OF gruss thus not leaving MI 0ulIce
Of forage for bis great trniu OF Horses anI menn