The Zulu War.
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The relieving .force, _, on approaching! Ekowe, under Lord Chclmsford, formed •i fcalnp "nightljl in Bight'of;Ekowe, 'aSdj wore warned by signals/ ofi theHproximityj (oli the Zulus in strong force. The campj was attacked and surrounded by the /^iwj!;^o,dttempteaj^eat(kl|y ;^;^ke 'it'by^tprni., , r The withering'4r^ ( W{l^ e oMaftinvHettHrifles checkedjfce enemy, j fwho r wer^'bekten in ;an;K|o\i¥/ |iM¥^tir«d, and were pursnedTby the Cavalry'ana rme N&iYfeJContingent, > EkM«| ( t^j*j9lieTed 1 the next day. (The ? difficulties of the garrison of Ekowe t, were much exaggerated;' there m/exe t ps\j[ /thirty^ dead among fourteen hundred sick. ; BJTOdn>l ■■:r-Wiooal-OOonf?-Matfeh'-JS28tB, attain' k MittMtfjlnittiWyl 1 ;lAbut I the, f delay t? i^ brinllng.-off^ eaptu^edj cattlei brought,t^enjfy^jthousana Zulusj forward, who cut off his return. He goto fhWgffwith:«heavy loss; Flushed~withj their success, •, the, combined^ Zulus and Swazis/ directed,' it ia reported, by Cetewayo persbtially, attacked 'Kambula Kop Hi 7, . 1 , !; , •,;;■,:,,,■ * (fOn'Maridh'aothyforfourhpnrrtlielSllhi ltiM 90$ itegfnieiits sttstained thß*ttadi| of the. picked warriors of: the enemy. -By: niglitlel Zulus #^4r^o#'^ileryi point.-^^;^ '— •■'i-<<'™\.^>,ii»'i h ,,#bp t^riti|h f bs^"w|w ; ,seTere.^ rf/ ;| ,
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3218, 12 June 1879, Page 2
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207The Zulu War. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3218, 12 June 1879, Page 2
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