Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-09
FOREIGN.
Capture Of a Convoy by the
Bloody Zulus.
A Complete Surprise and a
Heavy Slaughter.
Forty Wagon Drivers and Followers
Killed, Besides Troops.
Serious Riots in the Mining Dis.
tricts Of England.
The BereaVed Alfonso 10 be Fur.
nished Another Wife.
The Gar Warned That His Attendant:
viii be Killed or.

AOhN3 hdlOi ~, VIA OAPE
ST. VINcENT,-A convoy of supplies
proceeding from Derby to Luneburg,
escorted by 104 men of the Eighth
Regiment, was attacked at daybreak,
March 18th, on the banks of the In
tombe river, by 4OOO Zulus under
Umbelini. Owing to previous alarm
the British we're under arms, but
were overwhelmed by the enormously
superior force of the enemy. Captain
Moriarty and forty men were killed
and twenty missing. The fate of the
wagon drivers is unknown. Lieuten-
ant Harwood, with forty men, sue
ceeded in reaching Luneburg. One
hundred and fifty men of the Eighth
Regiment subsequently proceeded to
the scene of the fight and recovered a
quantity of rockets and ammunition
and buried the dead. Twenty wagons
containing the supplies were lost.
LONDON, April 8.-The Standards $
dispatch from Cape Town says the
cavalry from Derby was obliged to
encamp on the banks of the Intombea
river, there being too much water to
ford the stream. Lieutenant Har-
ward, not Harwood as before stated.
and the survivors Of the late battle,
were encamped on the Luneberg side
OF the river. 1t is stated that al
though there had been some
alarms previous to the attack on the
supply convoy, the surprise was COM
plete. The sentry only saw the Zulus
when they were within fifteen PAGES of
him. Lieutenant' Harward's men
poured steady fire across the river.
The Zulus lost heavily, but were
undaunted. Only fifteen of Captain
Moriartys men escaped across the
river. They were sleeping in wagons
when attacked. The sentry was the
only one. who had time to fire. The
scene of surprise was in hollow, sur
rounded by long grass and weeds. Gne
gun the Zulus had not removed has
since been recovered. The relief
column from Kkorne numbers 5000
men.
Additional advices from Cape Town
about the disaster to the British con-
voy on the lntombe river, March 18th.
report that besides the British troops
it is thought forty wagon-driyers and
followers were also killed.
Twenty-Five Zulus corpses were
found on the field of battle. 1t is be-
lieved that many more were drowned.
The Zulus had ample time to get
news Of the convoy, as it was delayed
at the ford three days by heavy rains.
The ford was only four miles from
Luneburg. 1t is thought there was
great carelessness in selecting posi-
tiOn of camp and in neglecting to send
a larger force from Luneburg to meet
the convoy.
Colonel Pearson signals from Ekowe
that he can hold out ten days longer
(until the 4th of ApriD. His provis-
ions only are short; he has plenty of
ammunition.
Scouts report that the Zulus are
concentrated in large masses eleven
miles north of Tugela river. They
are in dense jungle, so their numbers
are unascertainable.
There were serious riots last night
in the colliery villages in Durham.
near Corsett. Sixteen police protect
ing the non-strikers were injured and
a house wrecked, The rioting was
resumed to-day and it is feared may
become general among the strikers.
PARIS, April 9.-The approaching
visit of the Austrian crown prince to
Madrid is believed foreshadowing of
the marriage of King Alfonso to Arch
duchess Maria, daughter of Archduke
Charles.
In view of the probable election of
Blanqui and Bordeaux the Radicals
urge the government to pardon him
and avoid acrimonious discussions in
the chamber, if he is not permitted to
take his seat.
BERLIN, April g. The Russian
revolutionary committee has sent let
ters to all the imperial dignitaries at
St. Petersburg, saying though they
do not intend to attack the czar
they will continue to kill his attend
ants, especially the heads of the police
department, so long as the treatment
of the political prisoners is uname-
liorated.
The amount of revenue which the
government estimates to be derived
from new productive duties is one
hundred million marks, not one hun
dred thousand.