, 1879-04-18

less oil very satisfactory, nl Alexander of all
lug hussins f'as nov, 81, the story ruus, not one
| Wi[c, hut ono Asi1 n bhlf.
RoRKE's DRIFT.
Jt.lf Hal Gazette.
On tho Gn.nG day as the fltai battle and d[soz
ter Mt Ispntllaua, Zulu army Numbering 1t
lcast 3,000 mcu attacked with grcnt bravery NM,
pcrsistcncy the post at Kori;c's Drift. II was
held by L Company OF the Sceos,d Dattuliou Of
tho Twcnty-fuurti Regiment, under LIEUT., Con-
villc Bromlcat. The company numbered n,nc-
ty men; hesides these there we're forty .scas-
ials y present, tllir.y-tsvo Of them patients In
hospital, LIFT fehEnd i'll wien The column ad
vas,ced into Zululu,,d u,lsler Lord Chelmsford,
Tie Wholu Of these wrro under command of
Lieut.. Chartl, lpyal Engineers, the senior ottl.
ecr, under whose gl'le superintendent and Or
t|ers Lieut.. Broinhcal nlnt his men worked am,
Gctea. AT O'Clock In the afternoon of tIr nntl
Lieut.. lro'nlleaa received Ilas.ty written ii,
patc't frofn Capt. anrncr, Fourteenth Iiussar,,
Informing hin TINT the eaInp Of the Third CT.
utnn af been taken By the enemy, unl iiat ho
would 10 attacked tilat night. Cant, t;nrt]nrr
lad bccn engaged In tho fight Mt the rau,p hnI
staych t!i the last 1nonlc1lt, and then galupgu
lhr Its life. lla cscapct ucrss the Buffalo River
ls,tly rrslleu rnhngcd ta write ,i,r warning to
l.ent. BrunIhcnI, and tlttn rode op to I1t}h1,,n-
kaar. nnusl1cr post In the Inns of communion
tions.
1,ln Advanced guar1 OF ths Z,lus appeared at
frat At ] D. Ill. il came ro1u Tic sUutl, garner
Of the NIL in body of from COO 10 UtU stro.,a,
leu by clct on horseback. iry halted no.
tnelt. and then ndvntced quietly hut quickly, Mt
rim, taking advantage ot every bit OF cover. it
secnica rs II they lIad exlectcii tn stlrnrEsc the
can1p. Our men 0psneu i|yt' ut :aW rarts Til.
llrst mai to full WIS the Chief liz ,Tns SHOT bv
Irivatc Dunbar, AMI fell ott Ills l,Drso llcoulouE.
Numbers OF the enemy fell ut once. THEY
hes!tAted' oFoko. and The greater nun,bGr
garden a1,'! orchard, where there was plenty OF
cover. 4 few got l,D close to tic l.o,lscs MD luz
behind the ttcld oycn anil kitchens that there
were built Scarcely nny oil these men Ind guns
stream, occupied Tue hill ntoyc, mil Erud,lalIy
tActsced tlln twu lIUtlses. AL the ue;l yho Ini
E1lIla wcro stntlunCd Of, thu lll, and kent III, d
continuous Ah rlpltl Ire on the yard. Itcaltght
our men W lht'f oasKs us they were Guarding
thu gardon side, and tvo men wcro thus slut
dead.
1t nav became dusk. Tic Xulus crcpt I'M
nearer nlltt l'earer. Under cover Of t1 bushes
AMI long grass l'ey were ablo to get within five
this rolnt, III larttes Of fifteen to twenty, they
repeatedly attacked the rnd roo.n Ut lie lu,s,,i
taI. lhcy n'ato thesa attnclss ii, the most de-
!ioerutG nlnslser, advancing after thu manner of
their da1cl'g, With pranelnE step uni hiEll
act!oil. They Cared nothlnl, for slaughter. lit
oNdeavorctl, IN thu must persistent n,anncr. 10
get oycr The barricn.le a,ll intp tho llos,tltnl,
Many times, seven or eight ut icnst, Lieut..
Hronllcad, collecting few men together, Ind
TO drive them Ult With a bayonet- chnrup, Then
they would retire, st.tl nil OF teI, in chorus
shout md strike ihc!r shields. Ourlne.Icl,ccrci
IN nrlswer, alM let them have Ii. IIero >wus
plenty OF ammunition. After tho first balf hour
1tlsrD WIS ,,U wnstu.
!iaw deliberate and telling tho fire was 1nay
20 gathered from the following incidents.
pEiyato Josep'. WILLIAMS, q young Wushna,,,
isiues ~ Two sears' service. Ind an,all window
ENSNlfII frnt Nav
fourteen dcaA wnrrlUrs were couutrtl uutstllo
hlB window, nsld aevcral 'norc down l4Is line Of
ilFe. 20 soon as h!a ammunition wns all OK
hcn1cu, i'c anu tho other men With him de-
lel!iea LIE door OF thu ROOM till tile enemy, by
eheer weight Of numbers, forced II open, Poor
fellow, hu was sclgetf by tts l,n,ls iI,tl arms,
dragged ont, al'l assssated nlId lnutllnteti be.
Tore thn eyes 1f Ills coh,,uIus. Another ill.,
Thy ctuf OIL f,nraehnrk, WAS posted to witch tE1u
It'll. AS the kalss streasnUd ,iowt, from tl,t.ir
right, tllis man ta'su We!sl.na1t, md OF lrss
berTlcu tlln'l thu above mentioned) aliut eight OF
Chas1 wns sta'H!iIa; bY him US he did It, uuI
tllo 1o1tcs wcro found eaprd QUO On tll. other
uoxt inorntnE.
The es'e,!y ut Inst effected lolgmcnt In tho
time. Most nt 'l,cm wsre pushed n1,I iii vnllrd i
through wisn!ow whIcl, OPENED On tie YnrtI.
SyrEt. aiaxilcl', n INN Young pDlaler, wus very
Ill Win fever, n,nl !cllrious. lle could nut be-
"utGut HUI Au Nsh hilIG III lll8 tpH. They utlF
set flre to tic hospital. 1Ilu tnut was ttutch,
ana It quickly bazed. by It's light our men wcru
cnabtnd to see tnrtr foes hetter a,nl tuany fell
hc!oE1 tlluy rttrtate,l fD hctter cnycr, After a
pause, encouraged by Il ctiui who fruyn time To
time shouted Ills orders fran the hlll-B[lc lhry
eant 0lf a.atn. The tI.,htln. III places hecalnv
llantt tu hand over the 1nealIo encks, Ills as
sniAns nkeu only thrtr usscgnis. These they
did not throw, but use.i ouy as stnhblng
weapons. DIRECTLY a soldier showed lis Icui
OVER tho parnpet to ret sllot, lo was thrust at,
>Hco or twlen the kat1!ss nrtualIy scixctl The
bay0Hots md tried tn wre,Icl u,cm otr tho rIltcs.
Quo of our mcn loatled whtfe Zulu wus tlig.
t,inT ut bis bayn,,et. Iio pulled tho trigger uli
blow tllu plWeliv felluW tU atouls, TIlry next I
tried to Eet rv tu thu tatellud root Of tic sipre,
III taeo Of hut fire llcy got up tu tl!e house,
md ol,e fine anvaso lIa hIs byains blown out AZ
he WIS holding u braid ngHinst tho uaycs.
Aud Hi the light continued till nftcr midnight.
from @ whlel! time tsll I 2. N. they gradually
wItl!lse'Y, only uvary now alni ti,us making i
Charge. Tiny CARRIED with tlphl all tlrlr dead
mud Fonpflcd that they r0u1 The last OF them |
!elt Just beforu dawll. They loft 370 dead o tl,o
telh+ TLehe wIre COUNTED aud buried IN k,uanS. |
Many OF them were recognized bY their shields !
~ belonging 10 o1lu 0f the cr.,ck ruyuL rcpi. |
Heuts. Tile majority Wcre Ut certai,i uxc. in |
poor coutllti0 uNd u su'ull stature. Our loss.
counting aye Of tho pltctItJ, was thirteen Killed |
tlnl tel wounded. Three ot tue latter hayu
slnce died ot their wounds.