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HISTORY OF THE ZULU WAR.
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HISTORY
OF
THE ZULU WAR.
BY
A. WILMOT, F.R.G.S.
LONDON:
RICHARDSON AND BEST, PATERNOSTER ROW;
AND
A. WHITE AND CO.,
"SOUTH AFRICAN MAIL" OFFICE, 17, BLOMFIELD STREET.
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1880.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,
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PREFATORY NOTE.
The salient features and the principal events of the Zulu war are referred to in this volume. Long and uninteresting details respecting minor operations are omitted, and an attempt is made to furnish a readable book, which gives a fair view of the causes, origin, and progress of the war. It must be borne in mind that South African Kafir wars constitute one tragedy in various acts. The Zulu campaigns are merely last links of a chain. The war with Cetywayo is identical in principle with those waged with Gaika, T'Slambie, Dingaan, Kreli, and Sandilli. The tide of savagery has been periodically rolled back, and it was either necessary that this should be done, or that white men should abandon Southern Africa. The fatuous policy of Lord Glenelg caused the wars of 1846 and 1852, and there is in essence no difference between it and the policy advocated by the opponents of Sir Bartle Frere. In order not to load this introductory note with lengthy observations, a paper will be found in the Appendix treating upon this subject.[1]
Blue Books and correspondents' letters necessarily form the principal authorities. The preliminary portion of the book has been really requisite, and it is hoped that it will be found not the least interesting portion of the volume. No doubt, in the first connected narrative of the Zulu war, many omissions and inaccuracies may be discovered, but every effort has been made to collect the truth from the most reliable authorities, and to tell it without fear, favour, or prejudice.
Port Elizabeth,
25th September, 1879.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| Early History of the Zulu Nation and of Natal | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Native Policy in Natal—Laws, Customs, and Religion of the Zulus | 21 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Events preliminary to Zulu War—Commencement of Hostilities | 34 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Lord Chelmsford's Plans—The Battle of Isandhlwana—The Heroic Defence of Rorke's Drift—Panic in the Colony—Request for Reinforcements—Reply from the Queen—The Ministry—Sir Bartle Frere—Lord Chelmsford | 50 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Pearson's Column—March to Ekowe—Battle of Inyezane—Ekowe—Zulu Army—Wood's Column—Reinforcements from England—The Colonists—The Navy | 71 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Zlobane Mountain—Piet Uys—The Battle of Kambula—The Intombe Disaster—Battle of Ghinghelovo—Relief of Ekowe | 91 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Services of Native Contingents—Lord Chelmsford and Sir H. Bulwer—Review of the Campaign—Difficulties of Transport—Immense Delay—Burying the Dead at Isandhlwana | 112 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Sir Bartle Frere's Policy—Censure of the Home Government—Slow Operations—Affair of the 5th of June—The Prince Imperial—His Arrival—Services—Character—Death—Court-Martial—Funeral Rites and Embarkation of the Body of the Prince Imperial | 140 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| The Policy of Sir Bartle Frere—Slow Advance of the British Columns—Appointment and Arrival of Sir Garnet Wolseley—Battle of Ulundi—Resignation and Departure of Lord Chelmsford | 170 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
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