, 1879-03-19

unknown whether Ifc1pmakaar, with all our
ammunition, md tho depot at Rorkc's DRIFT
ha,l cseainsl; mud should we even hare gained 4
complete rrtory We should have afterwards
been, IN common, with the whole af ilc nurtcrl,
portion of the cplouy, completely At ihe mercy
OF the Iulus # Our rreeryes Of ammunition
wcEo 10 loiIEer intact. while. had Wo bccn re"
pulsed. Natal would have been laid opctl IN an
prevailed, n,nt wo marched steadily forwnrd to
Rorkr's Drift, tllc smoke rising from tle mis-
Sion l,oute on the uthrr htAe suggesting ftlr-
thrr disaster. ~, however. VIC nenred We
river, sncn cnuld be seen manning thc
walls 0f an old ruin next to tho building used a.
a cnnn,itsnrlnt store, aotno Of them .wavln.:
conts. etc; md Col. Russell, with tllc Mounted
Inflntry, was 0rcrrl to ford tile river md ~
straight up to them. Tie hearty cheers VIII,
which he was received rs well rs tlc fact u nc
had not entirely lad 1t all their owl, way, nt'tl
we were mt long IN crossing the river IN our
anxiety To learn p.rticularR. u was pleasant 70
hcnr the cheers IL the tncn as tA>rd Chciinefora
cnntcrcd no aud said, "ftank ynu al! very
fnucl, for your very gallant Defense"
GALLANT DEFENSE
It had Indccd been. Eighty men, ten OF them
sick In hospital, lad beaten OF some 1900
Inus flushed with their recent succcss. They
lad been attacked nb0ut .. ILL., an thu I'D. a'l.l
had only half an hour's warming during, which
to inakr what prcparatior's were possible for
defending All extremely weak position. Fortu-
natcly, there we're plenty of sa9ks of 1nntzc,
etc., In the commissioning store, HlH' temporary
Qualifications wers rapidly constructed with
them. 1lHy wero attacked in o.; overwhelming
III. the next lnorni.N, when the enemy retired,
lcaTtng GO0 dead behin,l them. Our loss wns
Thirteen killed nlid nlne wounded. The loss 0f
the enemy III tlMsc Two actiuns was mt less
than y, ,lW0 killed, number which htlleve they
will feel very deeply. nor do anticipate t!cir
attempting tu attack Notifications Of any kind
ngain.
No official return OF the officers mud men
killed Inns ns vet reached headquarters but bo.
llcve slIc following
To NE ACCURATE:
Five companies First Battalion Twenty.fonrth
Regiment: AL killed except bantleulcn Bfck-
Icy anil Wilson. The nn,nes Of the ollcCrs OrEiIg
Go). ful!cinc, Maj. White, Captf. DcgachcT,
Wardcll, Mostyn, mud YouIsgh,lsualn!. Lients.
Ilodeon. caraye, Atkinson, DAILY, Austey, Dysou.
postcons, and Mciylll, nnd Quartcrnlastcr ruIcn.
Ono company SECOND But,alton Twenty fourth
Regiment aone was present: NIL the oillcrrs
feli. t)i1lccsk: Licuts. Pope, Austin. Dyer, as,d
Gri.llths, and Quarttrnlaster Bloomfield.
turned as escaped except Lieut.. Curling, II. \.
Officer killed: Cant. Stturt Smith.
Tllr Mounted Police, Cashnters, and other
volunteers lost f"rty-threc men cut of seventy
orc engaged.
Tho Mounted Infantry had th!rty-iour men
Engaged. Escaped. Corpnral MrCann, and rri-
Yates Davis, Parry, md Power.
Other Impcrlal olllceTs killed or missing are
Cot. Dnrnfor1l, i. E., Capt. Russell, X. A., Sur
and L!eut. Cugliill, A. ID. G. 10 Sir d. Fresc
The following, special service biIrcrE mrs know,
to have escaped: Capt. Alan Gardncr (whD
very ga1laitly rode straight 10 Utrecht and
TaTs as So Mo1S o, 1 Thfs E,.es sd 1 happf1c
Cochru1e, Thirty y-Srcond Foot, wtlu was attached
to Col Dnrnford, r. L,