, 1879-06-09

IAe HFlttau OlutneI 1A8 ~ lhHt ylo1ueQ 10
necessity, and sent STR GARNET Wo1sELxr
to South Africa to relieve Sir BAnrLE FnEnE
na High Commissioner, md Lord OnEMLs-
FORD as commander Of the forces In that
section, whero disturbances havs for son,o
timo existed. Gan. WoLsElEY will have
charge Of both civil and military aifairs in
Natal, 1ransvan1 Basutoland, and Znlulnnd.
Ills successes ut Coomnssia and in the Red
River rebellion hayo given him reputation
for being tho most ski1Iful dihlomntiat md.
best soldier to manage atfairs on tho fron-
tiorH Of civilization which tho EagliRh army
posaesses. It in probable, however, TINT he
will not reaoh the Cape in timo 10 prevent
repetition Of tho disastcrd which tho Zulu
wnr, under tho management Of Lord CHE1atB-
ronp, has already cauaed. netntorcements
having boon received, Lord CuEAsfagoHn has
commenced another invasion OF Zululand.
The sohomo adopted by him il to pouetrate
the country 10 Uiuudt, OgrEwA1o's head
quarters, with two columns, each oper-
nting Independently OF the other, and
from points on tho Natal frontier
about ono hundred mud fifty miles apart.
One Of theso columns, under Con. CREA1ock,
III 10 advance from Fort Pearson, on, the
Lower Tugsla, by tho coast road to tho orosa-
Ing of the Umlatooai River, where 1t Is to
await nows from, tho othor, and thonce turn
inland to Ulundi. Tho other column, under
commnnd Of Con. NEwDEaArE, is to movo 10
the cast, In the direction Of Ulundi, from a
point on tho Blood River, thirty miles from
its junction with tho Buffalo. Each Of those
columns consists Of botwaon thlrty-tlvo hun.
tdrod aud four thousand 1non. Thslatter In to
approach Ulundi by tho Vnlloy OF the White
Umyolosi, and is to bs reinforced on route
by tho command Of Col. >Woop, which 70
cently mot with ,such disastor at Kambula
Kop.
The present schcme difora but little from
that Of Inst winter The Iattor was not only
abortive, but led to great sacrifice Of life.
An attempt was then mode TO invade the
country with tlroo columns, ono
to Btart from tho Lower Tugoia, an-
othor from Rorko's Drift, aud the
third from Utrecht. Tho fate which zach Of
these met Is we'll known, and eaoh affords
oloar illustration Of tho fact That Ganerai,
In tho presence Of untaught aayagos aven,
cannot vio1ato. military principle by scatter
Ing his mon without paying n heavy penalty.
Tho schemo attempted last winter had tho
advantage, however, TINT the Tugsla and
Buffalo Rivors, which aoparato Natal from
Zululaad, were unforlablo ut that season OF
tho year. Natal was not, therefore, liable to
invasion by tho Zulua while tho Engltah
troops wsre in tholr country. Both rivera
are now forlable at any place, aud tho entire
frontier Of Natal will DO defonseless under
the new scheme, as all troops, except a
small detaohmont Of English infantry at
1Ielpmaknar aud few unreliable native
troops, have bean taken from the colony to
| make up tho two invading columns.
The probability Ia that each OF these col.
unsna is amply able to protect ITSELF but, As
| It ia intends1 that each shall construct In
trenohed poats along Tia line Of march, at
distances Of tan miles apart, the ohances arc
that neither will sac much Of tho Zulu army.
It Is said that CxrkwA1o has determined to
burn ulundl, and not attempt to Oppose tho
u,aroh Of tho English columns. II il much
moro probable that hs will hops to force the
English troops 10 retreat by waylaylng and
cutting oil their detAohments In detail, and
by invading Natal, which will be lett by Lord
| CHELMSFORD without protection until addi-
.tlonal roinforoamenta arrive from England.
Hiuoa the attempted invasion Inst winter,
tho Boers Of tho Transvaal, In their deslro
Tor independence, have become threatening.
Repeated intorviewa have bsea held with
them by Sir DARrLE FnEnz, but these inter.