INDIAN TRO PS FOR THE CAPE.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1038, 18 February 1879, Page 2

INDIAN TRO PS FOR THE CAPE.

THE AFGEJAN CAMPAIGN. BOMBAY, February 13. The Indian Government have offered a contingent ot troops for the Cape. LONDON, February 14. The Premier made a statement Bimilar to that m the House of Commons, calling upon the Government to wipe out the stigma of the disaster m Zululaud, and that the Afghan Expedition has achieved its objects, viz , protection of tho frontier and preservation of the inde- : pendence of Afghanistan. ! The weather improving, it is j hoped, will mitigate the distress m England. I

BOMBAY, February 13. The Indian Government have ; offered a contingent of troops for the Cape; ADELAIDE, Monday. The Garonne from London via Capetown. Left Gravesend 29 th December, and Plymouth on 31st December, with 157 saloon and 246 third-class passengers. Made the prssage m 48 days, including de tention at Cape. She brings news ! to 27 th January. Despatches to Frere from General Lord Chelmsford, who commands the forces operating against the Zulus are published. He states that his third column had sustained loss at camp, Jsandale, which the Zulus attacked. The Zulus completely looted British lines. The waggons j were also attacked at commissariat station, which was however gallantly dofeated. The latest intelligence received at Cape Town from the Zulu frontier jtates that Major Dartnell, Commandant of Isaadale, had engaged and defeated th 9 enemy with trifling loss. " ■♦ ' '