Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-14


mandy aud the little Green Isle, and ~
comes honestly by any audaoious prupcnsi.
ties In his makeup Archibald Forbes the
war story teller o. the day. gives my lord u
character for u rare combination Of wit,
ability and courage, and poses him for n
hero In spite Of himself In an account just
published Of the d0lng- 70 the Zulu war Of
is'p when Prince Napoleon was spcnrrd 20
death IN skiFinish, and plenty Of dramatic
and striking things besides took place.
Lord William. or 'Bill, 3" us the loquncious
. chronieler dubs him, had an uncle called
the Mad Marquis. 10y mason OF hilpranhs
brother. Lord "Charlic," who lived for
lafks only, and had himself broken nearly
every bone Ia lis body, some 81 them over
md over at stceplechasing before be- sgt
foot Ia wild Hululand. hence II might De
supposed that plndding ways u lighting
would have noattractiun for him. Fortune
smiled on him, too, and when he reached
the Transval.l berth awaited him rs chief
OF stat to the commander Of brigade u
Irregular" volunteer cavalry, post do
manding push and courage, hutpsrmittiug
a harpy-go-lucky gait ~ 10 discipline.
The brigade consisted u a thousand men
aorapcd together from the ranks of broken
gcntlemen, runaway sailors, iugitiycs and
adventures lettering IN south African
towns, and cmi.Europcan settlers sent
ndrift by the Zulu invaders. The thou.
sand was nbdividcd into bodies separate
and scmiindepsndcnt. aud these unit.wcre
made up Of clans Of various nationalitic,,
both homlsphercs being represented. Tho
revcral bodies were known iy the NAMES u
their commanders rs ."Bakcr'a IIorsc,n
"D'Arcy's Horse" "BcAdington's Horse"
"ferreirn's Horse" and NJ on
Being the right hand man of the goncr
al ostonAlbly responsible for the good ac.
count Of this nondcscript brigade, "nili"
was In his element. Originality couldn't
By any possibility upset the proprictics.
BY hook and crook the versatile adiutaut
humored and pounded the uncouth and
cantankerous elements Of the "rngtag"
brigade Into something like soldicrly ship.
shape, and the column started toward tho
Hulu stronghold NJ Ulundi, the royal krad
Of his duskincfs, Cotgwayo. The Zulu
chief appeared not 20 wish 70 fight. but to
drive sharp bargain, ard the English
halted on the banks of the Umvglooi
pending negotiations. taking tlme by tho
iorolook TO intrcneh, plant batteries aud
put their nrns and ammunition In fghting
trim. The Xulus, 10 the number oi 5000
were ftANttfNh over the nlAus on 'ut Nlnus
fltc hank Of the river. and having captured
aquantity Of Martlni.licngy rifles early In
the campaign, made targets for practice Of
any live Englshmcn who exposed them.
selves NJ the watorsidc
one day the 'irrcrulars" were ordered 10
cross over and drive oif the ambitious
sharpshooters and spy out tho land for
future advance In force upon ulundi.
The orders were not " bring ON an en-.
gagcmont, Tor II was time u partial
truce, but To retire IN face OF serious resist
Ance
The crossing was made at MONDAY, and
Mr. Forbes description of the scene roads
like a page Of hurlusqur "rhcse droll Ir,
regular" be says, never took much pains
about paradlny. Neither imsr.ncss nor
uniformity WIS n desilefatum. The fol.
lows dressed how they liked, or rather. per
hans, how they could; their only weapon,
buides the revolver, y Martini.Hcnry rifle,
each man carried as seemed unto him best,
providing that hr carried II somehow,
somewhere about himself or his pony. The
oEly uniform accouturment was the bandO-