, 1879-07-15
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.

THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.
How He Was observation-disclosures OF
Lieut.. Carey and Ono uf the Troopers
Tie Finding of tho Hndy.
The London papers Of June 30 hnvc accounts
from their correspondents at tho Cape Of thu de-
tails Of tho rrlnce 1mperlal's taking OF. The
Tima' correspondent givcs the following Is the
substance OF Lieut.. CareJ's report:
Having learned that his Imperial ufghncss
would proceed OIL Juno to reconnoitre tho
country 10 advance Of tho column aud choose
site ior the camp Of the following day, sug-
gested that ~ had already ridden over the
same ground should accompany him. hty re-
quest WAS granted; but, At she same ume, Col.
Harrison, Acting -Quarternlastcr- General, stated
that was not in any way to interfere with the
Prince, as be wished him to have the entire
crcdt OF choosing the cfnD. Shortly before
ssarttng, / found l,at no escort was prepared,
al,d applied to tho Brigade Major Of Cav
airy. received tho necessary orders, and
ut o:15 six men Of Capt DettinRton's Horse pa
raled bcfose headquarters. With these md a
friendly Zulu, provided BY the Hon. MI. Drum
mond, VIC started. Six Dasutos Of Capt. Hbep-
With us, aud betorc crossing the Blood River
SEPT on to him 10 ask for them. The messenger
returned to any Tint they would muet ia on Tie
ridge between the 1ncenzl and 1tsicz Hills.
aga!n sent the mnn 10 bring the escort back with
him; On our right and left lauks saw largo
bo,lfes of Dasutos scouting. Arrived upon tic
ridgu VIC disnountcd, wishing to nix The posi-
tloli Of some hills With our compasecs. Col.
Harrison then rode up and told us that Geu.
had left suggested to the Prince to wait for
the remainder Of the escort. 'Oh, no; we are
quite strong enough At a mile u,,d a half We
ssssadsa cona1nditng anq rocsy sa1se ot hs
should here oir-saddle., but the Prince said t!Mt
he preferred to olf-saddio near tho river. We
remained for hulf an hour skctch!nE
and surveying tho country With. our
q araal in valley below mid ofl.sadllcd. Nm
precautions were taken, as no Zulus wero cx-
uected To bt tn;thv neiEhboshood. Tie Prineo
was tircd nYd lay down beside hut. The u,eu
made coffee. and reconnoiterel With my tcle-
scope. At 3:35 suggested saddlinE up. His
Imperial Hahness eafd WAT another tem
nInutes':;: but ia five minutes gavo the the
necessary order. repeated 1t, md then won't
to fetch my horse from the meallc.hods. had
saddled aisd mounted on the home sIdo Of tie
kraal, when heard Ills Imperial IiigL1,ess give
tho order, Prepare to nount.' looked round
and saw his foot In thu stsrup. At tic saule
Into Tie saddles saw The blnck faces Ut zulus
about twenty yards of, rushing townrd us
through the mea1te-llslds. THEY shouted
nnA fired upon uS as VIC rode o1. Thought
that lie men's earbincs were unloaled,
Judged 1t better to clelr the luug grass
bcforu maxim. stand. Knowing from expe-
rencc the bad shooting OF the Zulus, Ibid not ex
pect that anT one was Injured. therefore shout
ed, as VT ncared the don1a, I've must form up
on tho other stde. Sec to tho rctreat Of eyesy
one.' On looking back saw onu purity follow
ttsE Us, while another on oNr left WAS attempt
!ng to cut OIL our retreat ncross tue ridge.
Meanwhile ttF1inc n hsnVF ffn nn,}
altar VIC had CROSSED the dun0a nian sAid to
me. i fear ths trtncc Is killed, sir.' 1paused.
looked baeE, and, seeing the Frfncc'a horse gal-
iop!o,g on the atler side Of tts don9a, asked II
ready passed over thu ground wlcre he must
have fallen, anh llo pointed out tho men crrep-
Ing round ollr left. paused for our mon to
cum c",s M n al,d then galoped on to lind drift
Tho Telegraph correspondent gives tho follow
lng statement of Le0tocf. ono Of the troopers:
We went aElout twenty miles from koppie
Allen. When w wero erosaug tie site ol tho
present camp, tho lleck octWeen. lnceucl and
lnqutu Ranges, some officers overlook Us.
They went 10 tic Loft, al VIZ went to The right.
W. crossed spsut, aud went up q flat-toppod
blu. where ~. W slaskensd e!rtha, the Prince
skeschnk. The kraai VIC canlc to list WAS about
'fty yards at'oyo tho river. Here the Prtuca
told us to oirssddle. and then tho Katlir was
sent Into the hut to see It. any one was thero.
Tie went dowu atterws.d to ths river Tor some
Prince ordered us to saddle up. When va had
all saldlcd up no aaked, 'Arn ron all scadyl'
aud ne satd, Yes,' llo then satl, Mount
ana inst =. W. ss5s sptnknx so 1r .:.dta!ss
OF seventeen yards. We hal gono to that very
plaeu to catch our horses. Wien wu were satt-
ding up, the Kat,ir, who had bcah to the river
20 water tue horses, said 10 bad seen Zulu
golnk up the river away from where the volley
was tircd. dropped my caFbinc. and had to
d!suount for II. In renlouutlnE was unable
to-. to get M ;y..,,1s,'t 1est IL Ins s:ttrups ny
the Prince, but was unable to stop for him, hay
ing NO power oYrr tte rctns As got clear
away from The kraal passed the ptince. lie
then had bold Of the stirrup-lea.her aud the
cautlc ot tbs saddle, anu was trying to yet hla
too fas.. | said to him: 'Depeclrx fous, III
d9tM ~ plait, Monsieur, et, tnontez yotre ehrVal:'
.s No. rea' sn1.s' q H., gaat nat ySgs hho
tlle orid!ei he could not keep up with thu
horas, and saw It tread on bin, aud ths Prince
fol! down, Ihe zutas wcra arlng all the t!uls,
Gut % tt;, could Hot re- thsm. saw no Moro u
leading at first, but some Of us passed HIN.
We gallupcd two os three miles, Tho zulus try
!nk s1 70 surround ". ! saw 0rubbe aud M'lls
a c.' a' xas s ior u se 70 u s :ns sa sIsse Ga Vii
cross tie sprn!t aud walt for u,stn ou the rse
on tue other asde,' urubbs and Wills wero 800
yards bohtnd Us. for thelr hur4cs we're Knocked
up: Q.-Wcre nny ordrFa given tostop ur rally.
or try to save tl0 prlucel A.-Np. Q.-D1d
anJ Of you mention uae Fsiacc, Of did Ltvut.
Carey say anything about htm1 A.-No; Ill
u!at heard LtcuE. Carey say all tie time was:
'itst H. u ,;x Gnaks ha.te, aud 81 4uIrkly.,,"
lae 1h'ss' correspondent tells the story OF
the finltnK Of tho body, FROM which We present
tAh following extract:
"Abont 700 vards from the krssl IL q SHALLOW
dongs alled With tal. RINK grass. AZ wc near.
Cd thta the H244tQs sud YAlnrteora anraafl t.nr
to search. A sLout soon apprised u ii t1a fact
That something had bsan discovered. Men speed.
lily gathered round q spot naar iba crossing:
tleiF uncovered ileaas told tilat one Ut llu aesi
confirmed. fur there u,e poor young PElvce iay
dead. Surgco,i.stnjor Seolt md ltobtnsul, wero
buou present., but ltelr skill was Ut no ayail.
life bud BEEN extinct for huus6. All ulcy could
do WA to eIaMtnt tie wounds and lind lA4t
two 1t ie4st Ut them would haya proved Instant
aiiIIailslx fatal Ii ii Lrlllahl.4 II thl.