THE ZULU WAR.
ANOTHER ZULU SUCCESS.
A CONVOY OVERWHELMED.
■iO KILLED 25 MISSING.
GUNS AND AMYiUNIOTN RECOVERED.
LONDON, April 9 Cape news has been received to March 25th, aud is of a very startling nature. ' The latest convoy was proceeding ing to Luneberg, escorted by a detachment of 404 officers and men of H.M. 80th regiment, when they were attscked on March 12th by 4000 Zulus. The convoy had been previously warned of the probability of ai* attack by the enemy, and although every preparation had been made to guard against surprise, the Zulus overwhelmed the troop. The Captain commanding the convoy escort aud, 40 men were killed. men are missing. Forty men only reached Luneberg. The British guns and ammunition were afterwards recovered, and the dead buried.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1061, 12 April 1879, Page 2
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128THE ZULU WAR. Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1061, 12 April 1879, Page 2
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