, 1879-06-04
THE WAR IN ZULULAND.

hnvc fbr,ne,1 from a r,,s,,eort,r .,,,,rco ,,,o
,o,owi,p rr, n,, ,lesc,tto,, ~ t,,a ,srrtt,. o,,
'oio""E etap'"s usss'iPt,,' VI l,'e .efr'o'e en-
counter OIL t!'e Mobana Mountain by one who
participated in It.:
nDn' Sfnrcl, o. va stnr+ct fro,n MIR camn n,
Ka,nhuja mi. tn xutn,,,ul ~ .,,oei. ;, mi,
a.s,m'a,, " >" ~ "slasN ~a.u
stsohGheN. SONY s~ehtS h'''es away ea'tsd The
Zlnbana MoRntain. We numbered about SD
mounted npn. and ,sere nearly all of us yo,uu-
terrs. uni1cr ro1. Wfu,1 nomfro,,r h,, t,,s vu.,,
.>r,,,,,,,1 ,roa ,r.s.,sat w.. ~; III. 'e ~
co'"I'.sa WIS tSefe.seu w COL l'a!lcr' wv
started aount O'Clock tn the morning. anil very
cheerful uni lively we atl wrrc. Wo thought
little Of tl,c ,nurrow. or IL few did they on]v
Ind IN t}r,r fmurtpa,,ons n 1oy ~ eucoc,s 49,,
.'.u ~ ,'eaa .''"s''asons oay u success anu
hatred, something like tic manner tuan ia,ea
q suakc, Or n liner. or q hungry wolf. 1;nowfn,-
INF II W. ,,n mt rs r.v =; va sh,,,
bo dcstroycd' lf1c MIR fSas braelng mud iuylg-
orating: to good lungs mud empty etutnnchs It
was positively cxhllaratIng. About s o'clock In
tho evening VIC tcari,ed The Slope OF the mount
rs we wautell to got ulong unnvrceiycd. Wlrn
larl,ucsa set II, ,yc hyouaclted, each ,nun huld,
i,ig his hprsu IN l1nnh wllc he lny down to rest,
not to slcen. During THO night there was u
dFenc,scl. Att Il. tn. we were al ustir, feeling
miserable enough: uMr saddles srre nearly as
suft t1,l vet rs cur c]otl,cs. Wo ascendud thc
I'LL pretty easily, hut nearly. at the ton the
Xulus began 10 Iuat;c ia awaru Ut their pres
r,ice. Dy . o'clock We were at III. top Of the
plateau H,.d cur uatlye ullies were sytt!.,g hre
to sotne Zulu huts ulsd eollerttn. 1Ile cattle,
about 2.D00 In number. After time VIC col
here we found the Zu'us In stronger forcu than
VIC s.aA estimated. Ti,ry commenced Il t,cnYy
Tire upun us, ut.l o wero engaged fu,Iy halt nj
hour with them bcinre wo succeeded IN seucl,,s
them. About II we became aware nf tlle serious
laet TINT, wh!u we nad. been envneiug low
X,slus ut one side, II yery large number Of Them
Ind co,ne TIE way NC nscenues., ,al others 10
our right aud left nn. llat wc wcre hcl,,g sur.
roa,nle,': 4 very few n'nuts.' observation WIS
Into tran. n,d t,mt va wcrn ,roinir
to huye to tight for our lives to ret
out u Il Us best VIC cSal,1 OF lir.
s!de-uot Il, tWos or ,irccs. hut ii hundreds md
thousauus, olnr Of Them Ind ryttsen1|y rtfmh.
ed what to us seemed a positively per;,enlicu.
iar buttress On onr left Uur rntreat was cut
sdght II out to ts c,1u or el,eay9r to to eseapo ]
down at oltpos. uerncndtcuiar poss few Inn.
t,rea yart.s im f.ont Of US. Il,eru Ind brru ;po
m,sli tstiul,ttlly Ii out to te end II In the two
months itia,etIater preceding Isuu,lnIu. There
huH orders to railup / wus tu tl}c regr. and
when rtuc.1rtl tlle plnco lie sight vas s|rkuu-
tnv There wns ai, nt;,,0st Drrnninttrrtnr mas
utmut ten feet w!tlc anil uboit do or itW ymr,ls
down, It was tflel with rouyi rugged bulli-
cra. batwceu which werc rrc Vices wGrn ot,te fh,,
moor horse uu rider fell liz VII. scen M tunrc.
IT. src,ne,i full Of horses nt,,l men toi,ujrrjn,s
one upon thu other Il, I,yu n.wi tl7eo,;fni vf,r-
fIIsj,rt wtlu tF,e Xulus wcre pouritr n,1t,,jar.
Qua tIre atuuue tl1u,u, IIuw 70, down do 1ns
i,nnw 1 hnyu mi lnut viii, II nitusIu rorurnflc
Yet vino does. The cI,lci scnsatlou uxpur-
enrcfj vas thut hellfm1 inc. Ut nbout SD0 ynr'la
Inc IN. n manner tLn mist bI,malthiratv Hnl
n.,ndtah. In nne ,,r two ninrcs nrn,,r'ss waa nj.
tc""thsr 1mur.lsd hy chaa1ns sir or ciri,t Int
wnsn. nl,i it was only hv ilm oIng thct,i. f,r
ratl,,.r riskinr lie ntfrnint fior tya,,v II nnnr
fuiinw inst III footmE mid lis lifp hrrr1 tlnIt
TIrtber descent wus possib1c, heurlv iii fin
hnrans wsra kijJ.I or ind to be ieft imf.,re a.,
rrsrhp,i ,lu, lutton. Ajl tI,js time ;,r I,,II1s
xsr. frEntr NJ, ut. and. ntntI Il n,ost nfirn,1.
slrtuts fnr ,Ilarry r,,s,,;lr frou, t st.}s "f III"
,,nsa mn, nsavpniglU. o,,r ns,or fellnwA' i,nw
any nj II. rsrai IL /. Il, ,nr. mid nitnnst evrrs
oro ri.r n mrarIe. At mi. so1nsI,n,w ,.r .,,h"r
/ rnt HI Ihn ,,.rk ri fhu nasa. ,srnr,u,r imiur,
fr',t, ,i,. ,cnvv fro of ih,. ,i,nv h,tt mil. ~
Iii ti,mt n,, III. no,n wns III Xnin nrn,v ,n. ~
t,n,sri wi;l n,tr .,,ru. xI,n wrsn tNy,,1ml
Ittr n,rrt"s md tirltin,- fnr ,7enr iffn' III
Wno,,,rrlrv ani bIs rnr,s wern nln,1,sr rnt
IN 70 II man. Tney wrr., s.,.r"l.i Inn, tn,
nn hnIv nn, tlIn tn.t tliut wn, s'.,, ~ i'm mi
innt rtmI,,,ai w.s his np,n,nn,it1,v CT,rs .,yHrt
II h.n,f GIiiino IN. ,.,,rn'y r,st n."i icf, .'i
s.,,,r.. liz iii" NJ ,s.urlv ~ rnas,hl" stha ~"
1<.nt i.,,",', vns . t,ht Wr rrasinJ th, ro,'
IN T lbs evening Dy twvs mt. thrsss. st,ns som with wtih
or,,s AMI .in, E,n ',I,crs u1ns.' sfn"tsi, ~