, 1879-03-19
ford immediately madc tho following prcpara-

| they held: NAL pnr1re,1. with tin s,ounted
Police ami Carl,1ntrrs. VIVA orlrrc1 o tnkn III, n
position on Tic lott flank of tllc cncmy, between
then, anl ihc lead OF tbs strtjnabulj; both
l,nttafions nf the Natal Native Contingent wrrc
0rtlorctl 10 nslvancu nnT taka uossc,s,,n OF tl,o
lstInlwaul fiji. wh,cf. wn. "r,ncntiv thn kcv ri
ttlu position, supported by fi,e runs mil The,
,,h rIrst patta1sn p i tho Twenty lourth sai!nsnt
was 10 upcratr m nlr infi innk. 'nmI. nnsi,ini
forward ia fiat us ross!Lic. 10 attc,nut % to turn
their rlrlt. Such was lie Undoubtedly skIIiiui
.'IsposIton POI nntIc oi 'o ayailabla forccs, and ~
lsi!nlwnnl Hill w.ls ia be made a n,rssao G lind
romc frun Msj, ljartncIl ibat ,hc enemy cnuiI
be- scc', descending In llat direction In cunsl'!-
iiso Hs1e no, forSs a;a 10 ORC "nnted @ ut what col"
a stronger 1u,tlol, tj,at, tint ncc,,ptcd by the
enemy 1t would almost bp tInppssiLto to it,,ar.
!uc Tile I6i!sllwan mud Umpi11lIp hills rosc Il,
succession Of Irregular Hedges each naturally
gti0ntcd by urcclpttuus jaec md regularly
banked by otlIcrr, while ut ttlcir buck ros ai,
imn.casc level crest, behind which 10000 men
might comfortably favo remained In rcscrvc.
Had the Xulus c|,uscn to make u stanl here, II
However, It. was not to be unJ, ALTHOUGH, they
showed themselves tn very eo,,aItlcrabic forco
al aUng the hitltops, they kept retiring accord
,,,E to what, as after events taught us, must
THEIR pnrcoNoElyEn r1As.
Tho Gcncr,,. hoy.v,r ,,t,, ,,o, ri corr.e nj.
fhia tiInr f1noptno ttrt t1 Ym,ns sror "arrrtrT Nv
out prcrnnrrrtcil schcmr' hut tho,ri,t thWii
,llny wcrn nrnhab]y fa,l,n,s int. m fneir Ain.
tjor{s, md rc,;crni aiynmcc wos ~ ortlcred. liz
inInnfrv nn1 ,,t,a rrsnn;rr ~, vaiinv r. lin
left OF tic lsluwnnf htIl nn,l the Natal Native
Contingent advancing along ihe heights wt,iIo
Col. ltussclt, With tie Mounted Infantry, went
away to turn Tie r9ht u tic lecpcsl bin, and
Al lo oclock TIM dcncral and Ills stall made
halt Tor hErakfnst at The head Of the valley on
w lelt; by l!t,! Yery short'y afterwards Capt;
nullcr, Ktfe Brtgade, a. .. e.. brought IN word
we're engaged nn our right. Ncws uso cafnc In
n0out tho same time from camp that thu enemy
were observed In iorcs on the left, !
inquired from the carbincer who brought
this note what tlcir being 'tn iorco'f
ineant, ard NJ replied some h01 orC00 men, mn!
hc a!su nd'cd that the mounted .ncn III camp,
many ot whom Ind been on picket, had Just
gong out on patrol in that direction. Az abuut
iailton Of tl'e Third INITIAL Native Contingent,
under Commun1ant Brown, to retire to the left
OF the camp, in that way prov1dlng, II Is to be
presumed, fof the scattering Of any small bodies
around the camp. At about II q. n. lie started
over the 1stulwnnt hlil towards the hca,l ot the
Ainauge gorgc, where 1t lIad been decided 70
| p,tcl1 ntonlporarr eamp, Two cotnuauics Of tlls
First Battauu VI the Twcntv-fourth Regiment
were marched aver tho hill MD tllr remainder
wcrc ordered to 70 back l,c road they Ind romc
nnttl , they roael,ed The truck ot t!e Amungc, to
walcl taey VT Wsro tEs, to proceed as escort to the
officers who aad merely come out for ride al'd
WHO were fctuef!flE to camp.
UNFORTUNATELY ron T1lEnaELvEs.
Among these were Capt. Aim Gardner, Lieut.,
McDougatl, r. T., Lieut.: 'Grit}lths, second Bat.
Lieut.. Over, First Da.tu1ion Of ti,u twenty.
fourth Heeitnent. An r.rnrt of Inn mrn frnm
tic Mounted inian.ry accompanied tl,cm. '''
After passing oyor tic crest Of the itj,uwani
hiii amd thereby ganng so1ne IDEA Of tic
enormous strcnnth Of Tia .nositfnn whirh ti,c
ansn,y. WIN rcrtain]y numbered h'rol stronr rs
Ind s,,rrc,,icrcd almost without firnr sm,f''
ilc General proceeded along tho Ump!mlo iii
of tic TwcnIy.fo,ilth Regiment y hcIl Ind pre.
eesjed him caf,,p into view On thn rort,, sf}s If
ono of the SPURS Of tho Euuucni. wi,cro ,he
alIalr between ths Meunted polIcs and car1l-
claaca,wtlic Hteond Dattuljon Of tic Thfri Rel.
mnnt III lie Nntiya' CGntinrcut heinz. fuiIrcti.
st!fl emnloyed in j}sloJrInE such Of ii. Znus
as had takcr rufugo in tic numerous
Caves IN tl,c face Of tic l;l,, Forty kijleJ and
ter nriso,,ers wcre tbe stated result. With inss
m omr sitIo NJ iwn of liz. Natal Native ran.
tinrcrt killed antl three wounded Tie CHief.
Matyuna hil.lfclf, had a very narrow escape,
hccn clorc Ia him wllc,l lie succeedc II cnjni,,,.
prcclnItpua hillside Alll Disappeared from
view. Ills nephew was captured.
u was At THIS part Of the day-Yiz.: !: about
l3;8o p. in.'-taat .
suspfcIoE
thAt something was going on in camp first
struck some OF us. Afr. I.ongcast, Interpreter
| to the Lieutenant. General 'lcnrnt from onu Of
| thc prisoners that larre army WIS expected
| I'm from the King that dav, numbering, It wns
| estimated by those who knew tile regiments
named, 20, ,010 OF 30 0O0 men. He was chi p1orctl
| iii gross-cxnn,!ntntt Home Of tho other iris.
Ducrs, wien suddenly he n,ll those standing
round heard tl!e distinct rcpost Of big guns in io
direction Of the cnnlp, a, the CatTres aIout sud,
"Du you hcar tliatl There is lighting going u,,
in tic vatnt.n This was ut once reported to tho
| General, who was by this time some way down
the l,!Ii making for the. spot near Aisango
stream, where the Mounted To!!co mud Car
bincrrs were on saddle. lie only stopped by
them u second or two, nrl then moved on to-
wards The luwcr part Of tho Anlnnge, weru tic
road crosBcs wt,cre he wns gung to select d spot
foT Tue CAMP. While doug so However, q ia.
tive, on horseback, who hail Just ralloped down
iron, The opposite ridge, on which tl.o camp
could be seen, began to Eo1ioa, anu on stnii-
officer, who snolo tho language, go!sg up 10
him, lie said TINT nit attac!; was being mnio on
the ca1np; that l,e could see lleuyy firing and