, 1879-05-12


nrss aud resolution until l,alfpast s. wlten the
HuLua, who had aniEered terribly froin The fire
| Of o.ss orrcelt'oaders, began to tall back. The
ro,t BY our cavalry mntcr IT coi. bsier, which
sailed ollt nt'd fell Nps,n them. 'fae pursuit.
lasted sEvcr miles, Ereai numbers IF the cncmy
being k'tlcd. They "trts too exhausted To rally
Or oror any 'etEectnal ressta'rc to thc
they bad thrown away, including muny
aiatt'nt-llenrya, were tU1fectc.l. In the
fight We lost a'ont 1o1 mc,,, k!lcd apd wound
60, Including suysn ot1eers. Lieut.. Nfcln1son.
| H. \. WORKED two mule guns witt! great effect
untit 1nortallJ wounded, wheu Nal Vaughan.
Of tls tranaport corps, repascd hin, IN his c',r-
@a' a. sas s s :st't i s s' ss "sfsfsus ". TS' Ss
Wounded. Col. Wool, IN Ills rsport, tncntions
Coils. Gilbert mud Butler, Canta. Gntcwood aud
rendcred axeellent service. The Zulu loss Is ss.
tt1uated at 000 men.
THK tlHlT1su DEFEAT ON TILE 1NtoMhr.
Lond.n 11sntt.
| The following letter has been received from
MI ollictr Of thu Efshttcth Regiment: "Lune-
berg, March ia company Ut our regiment
got awfultY cut up yesterday, losing the EAptun
! and sixty meni n'n1 civil surgeon who was
with them was killed too. TAcwaY II happened
was this: sfy company Captain Andcrson's)
wns scnt ont OIL escort duty to bring In n
train Of twenty ox-wago1h With p1ostsloits aud
ammunition from Derby. We got them as
far ~ the Kircr lntonbl, five Of six miles from
| hero, hut the river Wns swollen hY heavy sau.
and they could not be got over 1t su, as wo
had l,cen cut for week, Capt, Moriarty, with
| hls company, and one subaltcrn, Harvard, Wero
sent out to relieve us. I'll! guard the rngons
let them cross. The company consisted
| Of 100 men, and sixty-ilyc c1oesed the river,
sending o1er their rifles md ammunition on
| raft NTH Morfarty, while Harvard stopped on
this side with thr remaining thisty-ayc. The
wagons wcrc formed In lager Ia tic shape Of
horseshoe, the ends resting on the river. antl
at night tl!e oxen were brought into the space
inside, They stayed there alt right for TWO or
the day before yesttrtlny,, in the evening, Maj.
Tucker rode out there, taking nc mud two other
follows with him, aud We found them
oil right, ,,tt With 20 signs Of Zufus
O'clock, the alarm soundcd, md NE struck our
scuts und ran Into the fort. We could see uni
hear firing. on the track to the riyer, about a
WAS horse dead;bcat outside The fort, n,xa soon
| nfttr tho Major thine cut vi his tent with Iiar-
| ward. Thuq d man came slr the htl to the fort
| perfectly naked, and nnnre msn dropped In,
without their rifles and ammunition, ami, Justly
small body ot about thirty men, with their
arms and accouttcmcnts, who Ind bccn cover
tng the retreat Of tic others. Whit lad lap
pencd Nns this:
About In the morning there was thick fog,
and nothing could be seen. 1t lifted suddenly,
and about tWcuty yards from the sentry was q
long lIuc Of Zulus, about G00 yartls long; an,1
m enormous mass Of four or I've times tic
6trcuEth WAS In reserve ltt!s II, the rear. Tile
| front iluc fred volles. threw away their rifles.
and CHARGED With their asseeu!s. The sentry
fell before he had time to 1lrc; and before Tic
men, who were sleeping some under WAGONS
and some In tents, had tt'ne to staud 10 their
arms and line the wagons, the Zulus wcro
among them. lighting hnn1 to hand. md, rs thor
noss n t. Foee ossqy sas f1 III a s 1
irst yollcy; but be got hold Of an assegai,
and had Killed three zulus with It whetl
he vas stabbed from behind and fell. The
men were oycrpowcred, and what wcre left OF
them jumped into Tue river and tried to swim
across 10 this eide; but as the river was swarEp-
ing with Zulus, many Of them wero assegated In
the water, and onay about fifteen got across. At
the FIRST alartn Harvard. who commanded the
small rnrty On this side, had made his men lie
down under wagon, aIstl from thts shelter they
kept up heavy aso on tho Xulus on tho other
side to the riRht mud left Of the LANCER. fhrY
they Would have been Just Is likely to hit tlieir
| own comrades as the enemy. As the nun got
hrross thu river they gaye their ammunition to
rot d start. Harvard made bis party fai1 back
slowly covering thcn Only 200 or 30O Iulas
crossed the river to pursuc them. mil they kept
these at hay III! they weto within about two
| tul4G3 lsIE NH0lFt "hEu LIZ Z4ulHS #CIlk UAERs
Harvard rode iu as fast rs he could to brinE the
| news.
Two companies wero started oil Immediately,
| md when they arrived at the river the Zuus
were rctreatttig nsu1 about two mtles oil; had
! VIC Ind anY mounted incn VIC tou!d hare got u
lot Of them. Forty of our nlet, lay dend on the
riyor bank, nil stripped nlnl 1nutt1ntrtf; It rms
dreadful sight. Twenty ulutc wc1e miss
iug, prxbably carried down the stream. The
WAGONS "crG pfundcrcd Ut everything. anil the
oxen driven oil. The Zulus hud carried OIL their
own dead, as they always do. We hurled Ill
cur tncn In one blk Grhvc, tho Major read a
short fncsal seryfcc, nt.u We fired three voElcys
over them. }Ya BROUGHT pour Mortarity ainl
Goblin, the dpctor, butls, anl buried thcm In
the ehlrch-yarl hare, III welI as four
been killed alonE the roaA about two
miles from hcra; they had hidden themselves
tn the lung grnss, but tie Hullis lad found tl,en
We haye also one wounded 1lan. Hu hhl him.
SELF III nlculieel,l near the river, and wua not
discovered. Nc captured two wounded Xulus.
1t Ia supposed that the Xuua about here told
| Gatewaro that tho rlrpr was up a,lt thu waRnns
would not he altu to cr,as for sumo
time, a1,d t}nt he cent 4 lnrge "impt"
down. The Xulus aso splendid tacticiaus;
/ they naVer loss chalcc You rnnr 1InuE1no
how anxious VIC aro 10 hare 70 1t them nuw.
| uur men WHO were Oh this eidu of the river
/ fought very well mil cooIiy. or course, tho
| poor fellows on the other side had III chance,
but tl,e stand thcy did mukB sayeA the drivers
md people With tile Wagons, WHO boltc,l sira!ght
| into lhs river AtNl Wefe 1ll snyed, We have lost