THE RELIEF OF EKOWE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 77, 27 May 1879, Page 2

THE RELIEF OF EKOWE.

[Correspondent of Press Agency.] Cape Town, April 20. My last have been bat records of disasters, but in this I am able to record not one, but a series of what can only be regarded as brilliant successes. The relief of Ekowe, where Colonel Pearson and his gar* rison of 1200 men were surrounded by a body of savages, estimated by so. ue at 13,000 men, was long ago resolved upon, but it was not until March 29th that the General was able to start from the Tugela. His force then consisted of some 6000 men. Every precaution was taken to pre« vent a repetition of Isaodula. The camps were strongly entrenched every night, and Ghungoloro, about 12 miles from Kkowe, was safely reached on the morning of the Ist April. Some small parties of Zulus had been seen by our native scouts the previous day, and early next morning all hopes of reaching Ekowe without an encounter were dispelled. At day-break lirge bodies of Zulus were seen marching in splendid order for the camp, and firing ut long ranges immediately commenced, and it was now that the officers and men found