, 1879-03-19

LETT fro,t, an,i one IN thc dtn,'tlon u! fiurkefa
Drift To net rs escort for fheir bnEenyu train,
mt Jet afriycl'. Thosc sent ont III 'a'e loft
nEcAws: ExnAGEp ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
nnl nrlm;. ;.xas soan heard alE along ti.e crest Of
the hitI. II lnis ncrul of tlle div all the troops
were drawn up ulongsidc OF thu guns, soina IT.
lilo way cut Ut the CAMP und on he left Of tl,r
Native Contingent tents. facing the hlll. Al
scappesrstj on ttG Great Ut The It'll, closely fol-
loved br tl.v Xulus, VITO nre Described as swarH-
tng uycr.the ridge like 1,ecs. company of the
First Ditiallon Twentr.ioarth lic4i'ncnt, be.
ortcrA 10 a,lyancc on ina EASTERN neck ot tic
Ialntlula hill. where IL joined the rItlve where
The z1tus were, about mills a'Hl hnls frGm
carp. Asnt which at once cndc fntn agtthn With
van,i.Ig alu,g Tie rortl, stde, u lin Isn"u!a,
preparatory to nntflanking The camp on the
right. The mounted natives WIN ha'1 hccn
forced II retire n!.o supported Tits company.
Meanwhile tha Xulu loft VaB being rnpfdly
pushed forward driving sane u Cu!, burn.
furk men f,cforc 1t. in spi:eof fic artillery fire
which WIZ opened OIL IL until I'm tlle more zlowsr
advancing centre. Any ore WIN wishes to iii.
dsrsta'n the taet,ca snpl1Yea W ths Ml!us %
lustsnttby tlleIr usual tactics III the pamphlet
published by comma,ui Ut tllr Lcutehnht.t1cn-
cral, rai,h lie "X,lll Army"
THEY T1t1sEw our WINGS on HORNS,
as there shown. their main body tncanwllilc
lelsuFc'y hafHnci!'t unt Wy! hh" W ntnS,s ttau
game. Iva. not yet, however On seeing tn"
nuls GnashE ate saV' ',ara sor nems H., o',.cer
commanding presnmewo.,'eTSa ~ IN ,ae afooiss 10
taRG up ihe ioiiows s'oi i', UM uS III ~ ~ t''c
which the Zulus we're pouring was u fosce t"nsist-
!ns 81 iwo Or tuteS snnpaGtes, ,, W ss,e ~ a"citS ,.
ionftn, WIN the NatNu Luta"Gsnt ~, Ii'. ~ tnclr
figlt front, nmca1ate!s ~ sn rlSt oi ans !'a
tive tes ~ xere tie ne guas, n sspn,atv. s. womu a
nehr, ~ oVo or ~ yaruf ,IV!n "u' tEt'. hnh ~
at least an eaaa distance a.D,' n1t m rst, wnei,
occupied lhe 'cxifcns F,su. .. tas eaIal' a.Ni
rested on my roau'' lhs !mslss see,HA 10 hnse
Gslsistcu nl oEe ~ aMu .uh1h.a..ch ,H. II ~ sHc
Wesly-ioutln ai,a l1e nIouu.G' ~ Go.ps' I"H IN ~
lhntly ~" calEe INV ,I nt ] ~. ."e,
h '.us vsntI ND ~ n,t srh. "nc,ue f",, 4,
h,i,,t)rr].. muw.d down by tllc Marttpi.l1cpry:
Int a;ilJ tutno an in nDr3arc1,tIy untiiuiuIsci
tl,rn. As rnnk after rank Of lhe fore'nust tell
Ticv dp not nppcar to have made much use oi
th,ir r,Ins t,,,t 10 hnre
nrrrynyn os THEIR NUMBERS
-. -. .,,...,. x.,s, ,1,",,a. -,
to bring them a. laat Wtnsn 1 huGn uistance 81
oar men tant iiley eoulh use nri ., asssEhis' AZ
Co!. DurnfoFu's meh seem ny l.ns 81, time 10 nave
Joined tllosc w9o @efG aeiehali'g W camp Iil1
the eoulpany 81 t'lc Iweniy,ioarth % Wnssl' ! hal
beet, sen1 " " iile ncch nau IeIl!et., ont ~ Was
cut oil by 1aae Aula centto VIII never 9eJoinea
the rest. Young aHu or, regulars anu Toiuli'
tccrs, Mike ionght aa gal'aHtsY ~ eEcr BRUSH
eo!users Gltl, sdo Nv s,ue. l Ea,lnus lsur" ttat
the am1unition rat short. u may nase IN IN.
liyldna! Institutes through reckless ar!n!., ~ !
think ny erd came Too soou lor y TO hnyc done
60 IN ordinary eases. as soon as lie A,!l'l mall,
body snw tint tts Wigs %eto approaching raci'
other It rushed iorwnrd win lie assegai, aiss,
despite the heavy ilfe It sneounterea, pore
down all opposition " sheer "cieht ol
numbers. a. sccno OF inter CONFUSION
now seerns to have eoccurrcds-h4rSo md !ooi,
blnck md white, English allts Inli1. all II
q struggling. tlnse, making Erautihily through
tG ca'np '.,sa W. ~ IN" ssa Gt ,rns.
s,"cn.i IN RIM tI,nt half no,ir even tl,o.e WHO
,tIh. t,vsi u, ,ci rnn rrnnnher b,. iittir Every
,o,, ,rr,, lad 1,orsc attcInnirtt tn sscann IN,
, ,."t,s H.. rivcr. ti,osn whu hnI nn,,s, i1cd
,vh.rc ,i".v stnoi. I;mt eyen 70 n,n,,n,ed mrn
"'S'' .'et $3.50. ,,,,- ,s,,,.a".,..
ESCAPE WAS ALL .ot 'MfossinLE'
The country was rugged, broken, aud covered
with buu!lers md watcrwasl,es,-a country, in
iact, oyer which ths ae.iys z''us rs could r'In as
wus the buffalo. which l,aa to DC crossed wlsro
had 40 fnr ,nade his escape hlcG1'ubct. Many
were Nrownrd, many wcre nsscgalcd, few shot.
nat Afstk.x Il