, 1879-04-21
THE ZULU WAR.

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THE ZULU WAR,
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I1cgfnn'nE nf TIN Second Htarr-A rninful
Nernr,l nf Disasters nsti aits,nnnagctnent
-fenrs"n Mt tknw"-f},tcuitles Ut tnyatt-
lnE tho isnsins'e Country.
,,,,.,. .s'm 1"rk hhra'a.
Wy a,'t'"'s " .e..t''es''ss' NY, u. SUI"
~, n,"', "' wv s'1rs VI tno iele, so.u"" loF
e"'' le"fsoh ~ .k""c' "e M.''" "as c''tess
up''" lts Fce,'''a hass pee"uso "s''s1c' 10" VIII
oe e"'l''dc'i py appnl',nA Ies"l1s'
., 4tn tooMsa oS t'n "AH'
-. lhc taIe .Iga" elSes !'le lo''o"'ns resume Q.
!he events u tne tashnagh up 10 tho s'sno u
TIC dlaasEcr H. lsant!uln: 'ihe tlEfimatut1' sub-
,Htttc 10 tho Zulu King on tic ltli af Dcccnl-
her fnt,ch to secure con,n}ianra m hin nort.
Twcuty ,iays having beer, assirnr,l for III. fnlil.
'ncnt ., solno l'orilon u Inc terms, md thirty
days having expired, all was In trim for m i'll
vaston Of tho country. Lord Chelmsford Ind
been raising md organizing Ills forccs since tho
mI,lt,Ic uf Hu:;t,t. nm,l xhcn Tho fnr,lcr h @ cn.
1oEsc'nchl o. the lllga commissioners ach'A'las
wns placed IN hfs fsanis on the 9TH Of january
llo had IN the cosnlna,ni total Of t7,0a0 officers
unl men. connrl.,n,r NJ stnF nnt ilcnortmento1.
ono rnH.1 n,,i,,aru ~ no r..,,I.. .,,
80 'of". h'."!o's' ies"iat ~
iantsS, lncluu!1's tue 1l1rd. Fourth,
Thirteenth thotll bnttalionh), Twonty"follrtlI,
sayent!cth, Nineticth, a1ld NIuoty.utntll Kcri-
".sa .,.'.., .a'I3 "u. a''u" "ae so'N
Poscd u t1ouhtea 1hsot'tfs. aftlea "t| tnolt'tca
police, nr1'l local volunteers, Thc 11ativo a0xflt-
arios numbered ai5 lorso anil D,D35 infantry,
In lin IRA n,nor, sntv,cc ,rt,, 70, hnrsos t,'roo
~ s'.s ae ''ss' W." -, 10 Io,n.n s"to
Wagons A''. hsly'alA eassS' lAc afttlefS com.
p'e." I"s"'' "s p'eean, 20. wv !oehes t"ocst "''''
etsht loeket troughs. Tue c1ltlrc ioree was bc'
slowed alot'g thu borders Of Xululnhd in five
EveIvn Woo1. nn1 Rox,onila. tto Iattor lcIutr
''..n 49," '".'o ''so ,; wv
apse,a',y en.l'o,ca, Ho"oser' III "eep''s \"
cl'cek the Eapc!ie Ch'ef secococnF, w',oso r.
country, ~ tin nortllGnst ot the Trnnssnn!.
Col. Wood connenccd the lnvaslon TN the It'll
W crossing M t1e biooi hlyer, eneo1lnter(1!t 40
opoosi11t'fi' INC ilre9 COLUMNS 1aclng, Il'lll.
SONG days ny tho flooded state Of the
concneed ns S' At -" horko prit sa WIaro &c ,eis
lar ts 9m % te 1 ~ so pGnns s, M9s G ~.
%i'ss irsm tis mouti wiic'o col rearsoa "ss vas
IN command. The column In tue centre was
composed aHlost entirely Ut natives, a,nt these
fnile'i TO maie tln pussage o[ thu river at tle
tlisisnn wcro !sft ~ abslst IN the afcnso OF tic
t"rtlor, ant Col. pnrl!forsl noyed III tits re-
tlasndcr 70 KorEos DIR, where they rsnssctl til
tc rs9r q ts s1'cra! o psraonaly s ncenl.
the first to encounter thu euyn'y,. who suffered
wh!rh tae truops crossed. The roads being bad
n1nl ttie rains continuing, tue furcc, wlilch had
who waa opcrstl'lE on Its left, Fc'naura statul-
ary iur some ua5s. -
Meanwhile col. Parsons , cojur'n I lad t,eco
here ,c riyer Is uariy I'D j. yaa .i 'v%Ss wa fiji
construction, ni,ij worknr ri ti,e ,,omt Tns in.
rusts,i 10 In. ,,nvai hri,tSc frn,p % ii,s o,ivo
md ;Inns]ns. mil In siT 1ays tI,r vorit 1yns ~,
lsth M in ts ,ireein o{ Ekowe 't tnissio" ~ sto tI.
lin. thfrtv.frH tniics tn1sni wh,r" II yaa H..
tc1,,ini 10 establish, m intrancha,t nnat f1r
In. s,,ccccdh,1r Inv fsI. prnrsnn Wna iutowra
|cr n wnvnt,s ri,. r,'tntnissnt}ot rrarrv. HI.
inwri sne ,1nva tmirr ,,,;,inr n., osenrt ~, ao
tjr,,Iariy strnms I'll" rnnI ,mst In.fcrn III ELp%n r.
Il r"n,I,ni th1nurh nnsssa Wa C7 t,r%to, h,s,,,.
trort ~ cn,ntrt. f1n In 'ss,i H., gIs Wmi,,ss
atsacIeJ tn4 ,lYif co1,tn,u st,,,,o ,n,,es m ths
st,in ~ ft,r EEnwr wrf IN HI
m acfon jn.ti, III ~, tnt,r m I ,Iaff iii,
ttraI n,,r rosHlfias i,u; fc,, Emrn1can. xfiioI
ten wounded n,,tl tlrco n1atrcs wonn1cd. Col'
Fearsor, resumed liis n,arrh md Sh"n hi
| hrnr,l Of Ind tnacbnJ Eknwn safaIy: rj'nrc hc
had intrumrlo,l hns.if md forn,ri n"rmn,,cnt M
mat. T, fnr, n hIs rcor m, liz. %,,i,, si,io ~
Etl lis river. was uusu'ccessfuliy :atfaske1l I'd
NJ, sntnr,Isy nlpht. Inss r. arvrn ~
ciaht ulcn being ineietcd on tic cnolny. Gu
sase"r hu9o nr os,v "as ~ ~,
eolonIal warfare. On Monday, a0tb, Lord
Chelmsford moved forward with, his tan.p q
On the succeeding mornIng iorco consist.
portctl by two troops of cavalry, wns sent out
10 ac0tr MAt2Attn's location, Tllc patrol found
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