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Show THE ISKIIISH DEFEAT. A Foe Worthy ol ihelr Site). Lmd.iti, II. The detail of the dialler lo tho British force in Bomb Alrica, ahow ILat the guns were spiked before they were captured. The Times, commenting on the news l.-om Capetown, eaye it would he uorleas to deny either ihe sadness or extreme gravity of Ihe catastrophe. Whether there whs or was not any want ot vigilance on tbe part of our own l.irco it is clear the Zulue ore even moie formidable than our military mili-tary autnoiilies expected them to be. We now know but tco well how large a foice they can mass at one point. Sad as the lusi of our troops i,- still graver is the peril which must arise with defeat. The Zulus will bo eui-bolJened eui-bolJened aud colooists be exposed to fresh aod formidable dangers. Iu ibese circumstances the duty of the government canuot ad .nit of the slightest doubt, and it is to send ample reinforcement to Capetown without needless delay of a single hour. Summonses were issued this morn ing for a cabinet council to be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon, to deliberate on the reverses to British troops in Zu'u land. Official telegrams announcing an-nouncing tbe defeat were received at ihe colonial office at 12 30 o'clock j this morning. They substantially con-; con-; firm the details already given. 1 be news of the defeat caused a sensation throughout London. The demand for newspapers at all suburban stations was greater than since the outbreak of the French aud German war. Lord Chelmsford, commander of the Zulu land expedition, sets down the British lose at thirty officers and about 500 non commissioned officers and rank and file of the imperial troops, aud seventy non-commissioned and rank and file of the colonial troops. A court of inquiry baB been ordered to collect evidence regarding the afiair. It would seem the troopd were enticed from their camp, as the action took place about a mile and a quarter outside of il. |