| Author: | Waller Ashe, E. V. Wyatt-Edgell | ISBN: | 1230000142606 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue | Publication: | June 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Waller Ashe, E. V. Wyatt-Edgell |
| ISBN: | 1230000142606 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue |
| Publication: | June 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Notes
CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I.
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.
...
CHAPTER XIV.
Plans for the capture of Cetywayo—The Jantjis—Vijn's appearance at Victoria—His narrative—Its consequences—Despatch of Major Barrow and Lord Gifford in pursuit of the king—Their march—Description of country traversed—Gifford and Maurice sent on by Barrow—Marches and countermarches—Physical characteristics of country; its flora and fauna—Visit to kraal of friendly Zulus—Capture of two of the king's attendants—Women of the king's household captured—Captain and twenty Basutos join Lord Gifford—Gifford's stratagem to obtain information of the king's hiding-place—Cetywayo's refuge discovered—Forced night-march—Message to Major Marter—His arrival on the scene—Capture of the king.
Notes
About the Authors
MAJOR ASHE, Late King's Dragoon Guards,
AND
CAPTAIN THE HON. E. V. WYATT-EDGELL, 17th Lancers, Killed at Ulundi.
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Notes
CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I.
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.
...
CHAPTER XIV.
Plans for the capture of Cetywayo—The Jantjis—Vijn's appearance at Victoria—His narrative—Its consequences—Despatch of Major Barrow and Lord Gifford in pursuit of the king—Their march—Description of country traversed—Gifford and Maurice sent on by Barrow—Marches and countermarches—Physical characteristics of country; its flora and fauna—Visit to kraal of friendly Zulus—Capture of two of the king's attendants—Women of the king's household captured—Captain and twenty Basutos join Lord Gifford—Gifford's stratagem to obtain information of the king's hiding-place—Cetywayo's refuge discovered—Forced night-march—Message to Major Marter—His arrival on the scene—Capture of the king.
Notes
About the Authors
MAJOR ASHE, Late King's Dragoon Guards,
AND
CAPTAIN THE HON. E. V. WYATT-EDGELL, 17th Lancers, Killed at Ulundi.
