Year: 1879




A Frenchman belonging to The Brit
Ish army in South Africa was captured
BY The Zulus. bat afierward made his
escape. The story Of hIs adventures,
as told in London letter, Is a. follows:
After ail our mcunted men had been
put 70 roat on the said day, Col. Wealth
erley's men were completely hemmed
in, and fought with undaunted bravery
10 the last man. Only one man escaped
death-=a FFenehman named GrandIer.
The ZuIus, who were conceriing an ai-
tack the next day on Kambula. would
not kill GraDdier, but made him pris-
oner, e be brought before Cetywayo 70
be dealt with BY him. He was kept q
prisoner on this mountain until the Impi
returned back 10 il again after attack
ing Kambula Hill. When he was
brought before Cetywayo The latter
questioned him seriously concerning
this column. He was asked by The
king If he had had enough Of II. Cety-
wayo thinking az this time that the impi
be sent 10 attack this column had COM
pletely annihiIated Us; but never was
he more chagrined than when. while IN
the act OF questioning the Frenchman,
the tidings Of the grand defeat Of his
best warriors were related to him. The
Frenchman says that Cetywayo nearly
CRED on hearing such unexpected news,
and he got greatly enraged on hearing
that Umbelini was killed. The king
further questioned him as 10 the actual
strength of our column, 10 which the
Frenchman replied that we were near
5000 strong, and could DEFY the whole
Zulu army. Cetywayo gave him to
understand that he knew all about the
reinforcements coming out by showing
him lot Of papers. The king also told
him that the Dutch aRd Zulus were GO
ing to combine, and, after killing all the
English, he would turn round and kill
ali The Dutch and have all the country
10 himself. This Frenehman says that
a good many Zulus at the kings kraal
can read and speak better English than
he can, so that accounts for their Snfor-
nation with regard to the reinforce
ments coming here. But Il is a very
strange thing how Cetywayo can get
possession of these papers. i think
some underhand work must be going on.
somewhere. II would be good job il
the party were found out and made an
example of.


Cetywayo kept his prisoner for eight
or ten days, and every night he was
stripped naked and both has hands and
feet were bound together. In the morn
ing all the. women and few men would
come and give hIm some severe blows
TO make him rise up, after being out in
the cold all night and quite numbed
from its effects. The women used to
pull small portions of hair at time out
Of his head and whiskers. causing him
great'pain, the men pointing their asse
gals and going through the form of how
they should kill him.


At length the time arrived for Getty
wayo to decide what he should do wah
him, and, forming ring, with the pris-
oner in the center, they told him that
he should be sent under an escort Of
women to Umbelini's party with full
instructions bow they should kill him
and avenge the death Of Umbelini, at
The same time showing him how they
would commence killing him by cutting
small pieces of his legs and arms, and
thence continue till the whole body was
sacrificed in the same manner. The es-
eort from there proceeded with their
prisoner for Umbelini's party, and when
they got a good many miles on their
journey the Frenchman feigned being
tired and wanting 10 sleep. and the es-
eort complied with his wishes. One of
the escort having fallen asleep by his
side and the other having walked short.
distance away, the prisoner availed him
self Of an assegai belonging to the Zulu
sleeping alongside OF him, and driving
it tthrough him staked him to the ground.
The other Zulu. perceiying his compan-
ion laid low, suddenly took TO his heels
and ran for bis life for fear the same
fate should befall him.


Grandier did not know what place he
was in or what direction TO follow, ex-
cept by the rising of the moon and sun.
Gc;ng by these two guides, he made for
the direction of the Ziobano mountain
to the best of his ideas, with the inten-
ton OF. perhaps, getting any sort OF
covering for has body which might have
been leit there after the 6ght, and thence
make the best Of his way to Luneburg.
But the poor fellow lost has way after
leaving the Ziobani mountain until
picked up in miserable condition by