. Battles of the nineteenth century . he lineof defence, and in a moment the English soldiersAvere lost in the midst of the seething savagecrowd. So sudden was the catastrophe, so rapid thecharge, that but few of the English soldiershad time to fix their bayonets and prepare forthe hand-to-hand struggle. Many a braveheart among the defenders was cold in deathlong ere this, and sadly reduced were thenumbers that strove desperately against thenervous Zulu arms and the assegais thirsting forblood. The savage warriors closed upon thedoomed men with a shout of Bulala umlongo! INS AXDHLWAN A —Kill t
. Battles of the nineteenth century . he lineof defence, and in a moment the English soldiersAvere lost in the midst of the seething savagecrowd. So sudden was the catastrophe, so rapid thecharge, that but few of the English soldiershad time to fix their bayonets and prepare forthe hand-to-hand struggle. Many a braveheart among the defenders was cold in deathlong ere this, and sadly reduced were thenumbers that strove desperately against thenervous Zulu arms and the assegais thirsting forblood. The savage warriors closed upon thedoomed men with a shout of Bulala umlongo! INS AXDHLWAN A —Kill the white man ! Then followed a sceneof direst confusion. Horse and foot, Englishand Zulu, friend and foe, in one writhing slaugh-tering mass, slowly pushed through the camptowards the road to Rorkes drift, the road of 153 to save the guns, and the mounted men whowere yet unwounded forced their way, weaponsin hand, through the press. But the right ofthe enemy already occupied the waggon roadand barred the outlet. There was no safety. retreat to safety. But of the 24th, few, if any, leftthe ground where they had fought so well. Thebattalion fell and lay by companies, surroundedby slain enemies. When the battle-field wasrevisited, the remains of officers and men wereall found in the line of their last parade. Noman had flinched, and all had died as theyhad lived, shoulder to shoulder. When all waslost, the artillery had limbered up and striven THEY THE OMINOlS ZULU WAR-SHOUT, AND DASHED FORWARD (/• 152). except in seeking another passage to the BuffaloRiver, and the ground to be traversed was rugged,boulder-strewn and broken. None but mountedmen had escaped fi-om the precincts of the camp,and the ground was such that an active Zulucould cover it even faster than a horse. The gunswere soon hopelessly impeded, and the driverswere assegaied in their saddles. The long ravine,which has since been called the fugitivespath, was a scene of continuous slaughter, andeven when th
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