Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-12
European Gable News.
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Lord GheIsnsIOrO.

Lord GheIsnsiord.
LONDON, Feb. 11th.-The follow
ing is the full strength of the
British column, part of which was
attacked by Zulus: No. 8 column,
headquarters at Helpmakaar, near
Rorke's drift, Commandant, Col.
Glyn, First Battalion, oath regi-
nent artillery, N battery Fifth
Brigade, Royal Artillery, with
seven pounder gun; infantry, seven
companies First Battalion, oath
regiment and Second Battalion,
oath regiment, under Lieutenant.
Colonel Degacher; the National
mounted police and volunteers, the
National Carbineers, Buffalo Bor-
der Guard, Newcastle Mounted
Rifles, all mounted and averaging
forty men each and the native con-
tingent of one thousand men under
Commandant Lonsdale, late of the
74lh Highlanders.
| The following ommuniCation
has been received at the War Office
from Lord Chelmsford: 81 regret
to have to report very disastrous
engagement on the 22d of January
between Zulus and portion of No.
8 column, which was left to guard
camp about ten miles in front Of
Rorke's Drift. The Zalus came
down in overwhelming numbers,
and, in spite of o gallant resistance
by five companies of the lst battal-
ion, Oath regiment, one company of
the 81 battalion, of the 24th regi.
ment, two guns, two rocket tubes,
| l64 mounted men and about SU0
natives, they overwhelmed them.
The camp, containing the surplus
ammunition and transport OF No. 3
column, which was taken, and but
few of it's defenders escaped. Our
loss, l fear, must be set down 9t 80
| officers and 500 non-commissioned
officers, rank and file, Imperial
| troops, and 70 non-commissioned
officers, rank and file, Colonial
troops. A Court of Inquiry has
been ordered to assemble to collect
evidence regarding this unfortu-
nate affair, which will be forwarded
to you as soon as received.
"Full particulars, as far as could
be obtained, have been sent in my
dispatch, which Will reach you by
next mail. 1t would seem that the
troops were enticed away from
their camp, as the action took place
about mile and a quarter outside
of it. The remainder of Colonel
Glyn's column re-occupied the
camp after dark the same night,
having been with me twelve miles
away all day. On the following
morning We arrived at Rorke's
Drift which, twelve hours before
had been attacked by from 5000 to
1000 Zulus. It's defense, by some
so men of the oath Regiment, was
most gallant. Three hundred and
seventy bodies lay close around the
post. l compute the Zulus' loss at
1000 here alone. At the camp
where the disaster occurred the loss
of the enemy is computed at over
2000. Col. Pearson, commanding
No. l column, has been attacked,
but he repulsed the Zulus."
The Cabinet Council to-day de-
cided TO send six batallions of in
| fantry, two regiments of cavalry,
two batteries of artillery, a COM
pany of engineers, three companies
of the army service corps and a
company of the army hospital
corps to reinforce Lord Chelm sford.
The Buigarian Government.
SOPHIA, Feb. 11th.-The Bulga-
rian Assembly consists of 221 No
tables. OF these 10S are members
ex-oflicio, 81 elected by popular
vote and % nominated by Prince
Dandoukoff Korsakoj, who ap.
points II Mahommedans, s Bulga-
rians, q Greek Bishop, Mufti and
Rabbi. The constitution of Bulga-
ria will be chiefly modelled on that
of Servia. The Prince will have a
civil list of o million piasters and
the succession to the throne will be
hereditary. The Ministry will be
absolutely responsible to the Ma
tonal Assembly, which will con-
troll the Legislative, Financial and
Administrative Departments.
NOT tho Ameer of Arshnnistau.
CALCUTTA, Feb. 11th.-The re-
port of the death of fine Ameer of
Afghanistan is untrue. 1t is the
Ameer of Bakhar. The Ameer of
Afghanistan will endeaver to reach
Herat. Yakoob Khan recently
sent cavalry regiment to Khois-
tan to quiet disturbances there
among the troops, whereupon the
factions suspended hostilities and
attacked and routed the regiment.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Feb. 11th.-
General Todleben has telegraphed
to Prince Lobanoff that he will be.
gin the evacuation Of Adrianople
In ten days and is making requi-
sition for all wagons for transport
! tation purposes.