Hare Court, Temple, _Nov. 1880._ CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE Origin of Zulus--Their tribes--Senzagacone--Chaka--His wars--Innovations--Administration--Standing army--Death--Position of Zulus amongst kindred tribes--First contact with whites--The Boers--The English--Panda--His reign and death--Accession of Cetywayo--His promises to the English--Breaches of faith--The boundary question--Its origin and nature--The case of Sirayo--Its history--The Middle Drift affair--Other causes of war--The Ultimatum sent--Official declaration of war--State of the British forces--Cetywayo's army and its organization--Their tactics. 1 CHAPTER II. Plan of campaign--Native levies--Special service officers--The advance--Pearson's column--Glyn's column--Wood's column--Utrecht--First brush with the enemy--Difficulties of transport--Action on Inyezani--Pearson at Ekowe--Glyn's advance--Durnford's failure--Isandhlwana--Description of camp--The battle--Details--Reconnaissance and return of Lord Chelmsford--Rorke's Drift--Causes of Isandhlwana--Remarks. 24 CHAPTER III. Ekowe described--The fort--Guard for the frontier--Raid on Dabulamanzi's Kraal--Another raid--Life in Ekowe--Wood at Potter's Kraal--Capture of Baglusini--Skirmish and capture of cattle--Destruction of Manyanyoba Kraal--Colonel Rowlands--Capture of Makatees Kop--Junction with Wood--Camp at Kambula--Coming in of Oham--Disaster at Intombi Drift--Death of Moriarty--Rescue of Oham's wives and people--Events that led to the attack on Umbelini--The Zlobani--The attack--Details--Death of Campbell--Narrow escape of Wood--Death of Weatherly--St. Helena and H.M.S. "Shah." 67 CHAPTER IV. Effects of Zlobani--Description of Kambula Camp--Desperate Zulu attack thereon--Description of the battle--Deaths of Lieutenants Bright and Nicholson--Gallant rescue by Captain Woodgate--Force and commanders of the Zulu attack--Their losses--The English losses--Fortifications at Kambula Kop--Block House--Arrival of despatches--Exciting scene. 132 CHAPTER V. Organization of column for relief of Ekowe--The march--Heliographic signals--Camp at Ginghilovo--Disposition of the troops--Zulu advance--The battle--English victory--Death of Colonel Northey--English losses--Zulu force and loss--Relief of Ekowe--Meeting of Pearson and Chelmsford--State of Ekowe garrison--Barrow's cavalry raid on Dabulamanzi's kraal--British sentry firing on British troops. 156 CHAPTER VI.