, 1879-06-04

IiM prtcIsIan With wnlsb Til. branch yoItcsc
eat'I mt! ']cstsrl lon intn lhe dens. inasscs uf
we're sent to glory every shot: next Jar they
Inv tn rows. hut stfi IN they ratlc With The
frr.%tty nj Tigers, never 1tn1ting, never warcr-
!!'r, neyrr f'nrhtng nr }lcaitatfIE fur 'no'ncn;
sas what pcot,in tnay about tt* hri"E onimal
i"roclty rs'her tlMn lnauly bravery IN soldiers
IN t'lr WORT! cu,fh hnyc bonn more tafing ti,a,l
were ilm Xu1u* Hat ,lar. When The inalll lnH,y
gos within n1oat so0 ynnls tlc men ot shc N'nc-
'cehs1l Regiment, who were, oppos!nE tl!ctn,
"s'enctl oslc nf t1,r most deadly fus,llalcs 1t Is
,lo'sll''e to flnntinu. Numerous rs They were,
his calling lire stopped the progross Of tho enc
my. an,l they hcgan 10 break up and shcl-
tet behind stof1es. md trees. In, the
tncked otlr riollt nad LETT ilanks Ind becn equal
" warmly received, and t,le enemy apparently
saw a'at they must change their Tactics THEY
did 40, n'itl scattered themselves an began To
creep TT, through In: long grass, while o1e por
'fou Inadc desperate rush uild succeeded In
getting poskusslon Of ANAL htIl commanding
The catsc-laaErr. 1t waa necessary to t1sindgc
the cnctnr fros the h!1l: n'n! flni. Iiaeett af1h
Two companies Of The Nineteenth were sent out,
aG,I although tler suffered severely they suc.
eected IN dung su. ilrslg voley after vo1Iey,
in'l ut last cl1ar1|ns the posIto Ut the polni Of
the 'ayonct. III bringing t,ack his men Nal.
fiackelt was fatally wounded aud Lieut.. f'rign,
been EoInE TIT all round, alHf party Of XnIus
'lale dcsperstc rush aud ent Into. thu Cattle
inaget, driving a company OF the !hfr-
s se' 5eo}o 9nt oE a III 1y rn,t e"e1fr f,y. 4'in"f @
tito cf1ptly at TIC islnt Of tllr t,nrobet The ar
tiIlcry utl the While bud bccn punri,,E grape ud
rulfstcr lnto the Zuua with ,nir.lerutls pre-.
r'sson. by a1t'u, ,o'eloeS tho enemy evidently
bcEun to rec We we're not To lie taken, aud bG
Eau to slaekcn their fire, ultimately retiring al
Together. At $3.50 y. III. they imd fired ti,cir
Hst st'uts and begun to Fctrtat, MID tie carllyY
'.ns horse artsi!ery scrc sent after. THEM. Ter
was shown E:etcr 1inl! may say what it mar,
but IL WIS death to every Zulu w,n ealuc w1.h
range Vt t1ie curtne ri trooper or the stroke
of Ills SABRE, The ravalry pursued them 1or
The few naslye nltfes wo had left did terrible
wnr; i'll this pursuit, ani II was d1ctllt IDf our
uyers tn rcca1 tllGn 10 rcturn. as they cut
III n,'d slIs!tc':cd thu rctFeat'ng zuus. the cry
of "1salnlhtwauo r:suun1cd in il!e evening air.
fHnfnp ffIHdHtaf ttiitr,
All thu: mnnn,cd men were urt.crct, out then,
'I by the tEnIe thu rctreatt,IE army ssns out oE
rul.c from tle eamn these gallant lorscme.I
rot,t. Shooting Tho nov quite dcaora}izctl
Iulu6 down us tI,eY ran, nlatiy Sf the men took
frun those who first fell slef ktabbiuE assceuis
and used them with murflcsous cillcency, As III
scrtbcl us t's,ne 50 dead beat lint they otercl
| >rurscly nuy lesstnDce, mil they fell by the
score. unly ilcar Of one real struggle for lfc,
,lfHl HINT NILS between Il SPLENDID sarng0 ind u
bHFHtD NOTsltlAAs WIN fHhIEEu u nlhi DuL IL
was not lur leng duration, Ior tht Hulu, utterly
exhausted 1y long !narc'inst waul Vi fluid, nlld
ruuulug to cscape, ~as not nlatci. far ills M
tngnntat, whip 'slow lin with Ills own asscgai
I as rule, tief met their death without fnl,s>
,nur, AMI only III one or ,wu caHcs that huye
heard of did tlry tieIrtl to aak for mercy. Que
| was a 1nat 1f distinguished Zulu regiment
wliu uttered The Zulu word ior quarter;
Tut With lsAINiuta frrsh in tlle memory Of thu
pursslcr It is not surprising tlmt It IVES uttered
III vain. Ansther Mns lit ease Ut Il si,rt OF rene
| tEade NAta Zulu, IL tllnclsback, who wns wa.nd-
| ed, and begged The Hasutos that came up With
t.n to spare bis life afnl tint lie would hcrOric
,l,cr se.yant Jlp was recognized BY tic officers
OF tie mounted Elfuatry Us nun Wl,U had AUll
| them milk ut Dundcr, mil they saw no reasoi,
| to tntrrterc ,shcn Tue nasuto, clubbing his ric,
[ gave the eonp dt qrue<. SHINY II tic tusltiyes
attempted 10 escape by h!dinl. themselves IN de-
serted hsIls Or at1tbrnr holes, but they were
slcsrrcl bv tile s!larp eyes OF the pursuing rs
| ttyes a,'l dlspatslled. About sO0 were buried
! near tie taiap, but shese lns not been anr
search Of the ravInes md watrr-cousscs o,l the
| line OF thelr fcireAt, whereas Ind uroof on
my wur here from the shields lying about anll
! tit scent wlich filled tlle air-the in0rtully
wounded wout,l rruwl only tu die, to ascertaIll
| how many are still lying uuburiel.