A HISTORY OF THE ZULU REBELLION, 1906 [Illustration] MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO DALLAS · SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd. TORONTO [Illustration: COLONEL SIR HENRY E. McCALLUM, R.E., G.C.M.G., (Governor of Natal, 1901-1907).] A HISTORY OF THE ZULU REBELLION 1906 AND OF DINUZULU'S ARREST, TRIAL AND EXPATRIATION BY J. STUART CAPT. NATAL FIELD ARTILLERY; INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 1906-1909 EX-ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NATIVE AFFAIRS, NATAL WITH FIVE MAPS, SIX PLANS AND TWENTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1913 _COPYRIGHT_ Dedicated, BY PERMISSION, TO HIS EXCELLENCY, COLONEL SIR HENRY EDWARD McCALLUM. R.E., G.C.M.G., AIDE-DE-CAMP TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING, ETC., ETC. GOVERNOR OF NATAL (1901-1907), WHOSE FIRM AND CAPABLE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY, IN A TIME OF PUBLIC DANGER, WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED WITH GRATITUDE BY EVERY NATALIAN. PREFACE. Although the object of this book is stated in the opening paragraph, it is, perhaps, proper that the circumstances under which it came to be written should also be set briefly before the reader. Towards the end of the campaign, probably the first to be conducted by a British colony without the assistance of the Mother Country,[1] the Government of Natal decided that a history of the military operations should be compiled. On being asked, I consented to undertake the task. But, though promptly entered upon, the greatest difficulty was experienced in carrying it to a conclusion. This arose from my being a civil servant and being obliged to continue discharging certain special as well as ordinary official duties. As, when the Union of South Africa was established, the work had not been completed, the attention of the Minister of Defence was drawn to the matter. General Smuts intimated that the new Government was unable to ratify the original instructions, and that if the book was ever to be published (which he personally hoped would be the case) it would have to be on my own responsibility and at my own expense. In these circumstances, particularly as an opportunity occurred of severing my twenty-four years' connection with the Civil Service, I resolved to go on with it and appeal for support to those who had taken part in the campaign. This appeal was made to a somewhat limited extent in 1912, and it is owing very largely to the guarantee then obtained that the heavy costs of publication have been incurred.