CALOGRAMS.
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LATEST CAPE NEWS,^
£he Relief of Ekope.
6000 Moa vitl; Gfttlias Otuu
on the road.
State of tho Saetifftd. l a ®
Further Losaw.
Londoh, April 17. A relieving force started for* ftkope yestordayi oonsistingof m«|,^wUh Gatling guns and a rocket column. Tne troops are in good hisalth.O
On. the 30th Colonel Pearson signalled from Ekope that'2oo men of the girriioti were disabled, and only 500 menreniai^e/l effective. It is stated that 35,000 Zulu await the arriTatof the Ekope reK*tft% iorce. . j(JJa . iy j ohJufumit} iiorq *>fft Two thousand Zulus attacked Colonel Wood's (Jarnp, near Lnnebcrg, and severe fighting, which lasted four hoars, ensued. The enemy were repulsed, with a loss to the British of seven oflicersand^fevenly t meul }J :j /.. };: y/, H a li'm
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3171, 18 April 1879, Page 2
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130CALOGRAMS. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3171, 18 April 1879, Page 2
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