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Show TELEGRAPHIC .IHLVM) CcleWHj'o'd l-'Itit Ai;uiU!il rule The ItritlKli will htp thu Negro Nuvuucm, 11 ui Sot ItiuhL Auuy. London, 10. A cormpuuient with the relieving column f t Eituwu uIh-graphs uIh-graphs Ironi Iuyoui 'iver under dale ol March 30th. The rriicviuK column alter the first day's ninrcli. entrenched here, nine miles uurtn ol Tut;eltt River. On mustering to procetd the tuUowing uiorniug (Miircn 29th,) oue captain was misr-mn- -f1 supposed ho went beyond the gunids and whi I cut t,tf by the Zulus during the niht ; A lew Zulus have been Been watching the advance from d:s!ant hil.s, but no fighting is expected until May let. A dispatch from Pitteruiaritz'Hirg nays the lorce which nc ipiurt ti the cattle from Colonel Wood wna 20,000 ulroug. In he figlitiug on ll. u day on which thesu cattle were retakeu Culouel Wood eullerfd cuusitlerahle less which is not included in the efcti-niatfc) efcti-niatfc) given iu a proviuus dispatch. Nearly all tho natives dc-scied. The lutid ot the Zulus in (he eubdtquent attack on the camp wns immense. The official report of Cjlouel Wood confirms the statement that the Zulus who attacked him number 20,000. The British loat seventy-seven in was attacked. The Zulus in this attjek were entirely deleated aud pursiud a considerable distance. The Ekowe relict column is moving by the road which passes through an open country. i A diepBtch from Pietet marilzburg ! aunouDces that martial law has been proclaimed in consequence of the exorbitant charges for means ol transportation. trans-portation. Lord Chelmsford telegraphs that the latest reports say the Zulus refuse to assemble by regiments, but will defend their owu districts. The number num-ber of tho enemy around Ekowe is eslirualt d at 15,000. Adispfitcb from Cape Town states that Lord Chelmsford detained Cete-wayo'e Cete-wayo'e messengers, promising to send his terms from Ekowe. A strong force of colonial troops had crossed the Orange River to punish the Griqua chief. Cape Town, April 1, via St. Vinc?nt. The plan for the relief of Colonel Parson's command at Ekowe is to force a passage through the enemy's lint's at Ekowe with ail possible rapidity, ra-pidity, exchange the garrison and proviFion the fort fur one month, and form another poet on Ingingzjni Heights, leaving it suppliod lor a similar period. Perhaps a third poet will be established at inyoni River. Tho relieving column takes the coabt ro.id, where there is little brush, and moveB under the guidance of John Dunn, formerly Cetewayo's adviser. No tents are taken. Each night there will he a bivouac and the camp will be entrenched. |