The Newtown bee., 1879-03-18
HOW THE zuLUs FIGHT.
Details of the Massacre of m English Fore,
 by Zulus In South Africa.

Details of the Massacre of m English Force
 by Zuius In South Africa.
 A correspondent sends description of the terrible massacre by Zulus of an English force in South Africa, as fol- lows :.
 The main body of the British advance, under Lord Chelmsford, penetrated a considerable distance into Zulu land, over twenty miles beyond Rorke's Drift, near which camp had beer established, with convoy, consisting of 102 wagons, l 400 oxen, two guns, 400 shot and shells, 1,200 rifles, 250. 900 rounds of ammunition, and a rocket trough, the whole valued at $500, GOO. Ten miles beyond Rorke's Drift Lord Chelmsford left the convoy guard and advanced with the remainder of his forces, some ten or twelve miles further into Zulu-land, to look for the enemy, wko. it after ward turned out, were at the same time 20, 900 strong. Lord Chelmsford being we'll out of the way, they fell upon the convoy. The British fought hard, and retreated gradually upon the camp and it's valuable stores. thus getting the sup port of all their immediate forces. The Zulus fell fast before the deadly rife but they carried out their courageous tactics with bravery which will not be forgotten when the historian comes to tell their story. To hurry an encoun ter to the death struggle, hand to hand, is the Zulu idea. They advance in Q body, the men in the rear rushing into the gaps made iD front by the enemy fire. Then the men, with short knives and shields, sling back their rifles and leap upon the foe. Those who are armed | with spears break them off short aud convert them into short swords. This is what happened at Isandula and the camp at Rorke's drift. The overwhelming numbers of the Zu. Jus, taking the troops at a moment when there seems to have been no op, portunity of availing t mselves of in. trenchments or barricades, enabled them to overpower the red-coats. The Brit ish, both officers and men, fought and fell where they stood, each of them, however, staying his two or three to one in the unequal fight. The colors oi the regiment and the stores fell to the victors, who thus came in possession o valuable weapons and ammunition, which they could also show to possible allies as inducements to join them. No less than ifty-one British officers ant 570 men lay dead in the sacked caml before the Zulus carried of the spells In the meanwhile Lord Chelmsford va still sS' looking for the enemy !" WheI itSwas all over the news reached him ant he hastened back, to discover that tho force he had left in his rear had beer annihilated. The Zulus had not helc the camp, but had carried of iterall, everything that made it camp. It va, an awful scene of slaughter. There wal not living soul in it. There were nc wounded to tend and succor. Quarter had neither been asked nor given. Blacl and white lay together in the death grip. Both had fought with equal cour age and desperation. The sturdy Eng lishman had met in the athletic Zulu foeman worthy of his steel. The under rated savage had shown himself a crea ture upon whom drill and discipline ma, be as effective in the direction of natura courage as on Europeans.