HAED FIGHTING AT THE CAPE
EKOWE BELIEVED
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T **U , * « CAPE TOWN ' A P rfl 8 ' Lord Chelmsford's camp at Gurgelova was repeatedly attacked by about 11,000 Zulus on the 3rd,inpt., but the enemy were repulsed >$hh£ayylo^. "
Lord Chelmsford relieved Ekowe on the night of the 4th. The total British loss was 220 of all ranks.
Ekowe has been evacuated, and Colonel Pearson is retiring to the Tugela river. Ekowe is to be abandoned as a military position.
Lord Chelmsford returns to Gurgelova.and will form an entrenched camp between Tugela and Port Durnford
The Boers are threatening to invest Preteria and retain Governor Frere unless their demands are granted.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 97, 24 April 1879, Page 2
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138HAED FIGHTING AT THE CAPE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 97, 24 April 1879, Page 2
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