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Show Au tpcolve Zulu Victory. C ipetown via St. Vincent, 10. On the 1 t intt. a Brit'.hh column, cons:tmg of a portion of tne Tweuty-(uurth Tweuty-(uurth regiment, a b.iitery ot artiilt-ry and o JO unlive iiuxili-irit-s, waa utterly annihilated ue.ir Tugeha liver by 20,000 Z llus. woo captured a Valuable convey ol lu2 wagoin, two cannon, 4U0 btiot and atieil, 1 000 ritles, 2.3.000 rounda oi'amuiumliou, 00,000 pounds weigh', ol pruviaiou-t, aud the colors of tbe Twenty-fourth regiment. It is estimated ttiat 5,000 Zalua were killed and wounded iu tbo battle. Among in id kiiltd un the British side are two majors, lour capttiun, twelve heutenanta and the quartermaster ol the Twenty-fourth regiment, two captains cap-tains of the Kuyal artillery, a colonel, captain, four lieutenanta and a : uergeant major ol tne engineers, ibeatdta twenty one o her British ! otlieerd commanding native leviea. Seven attacks have, subsequently been made by Zulus wno were repuleed and the colony ia now acntewhat recovering from the u'.tcr consternation which at firdt prevailed. Nala, however, ia in great danger and disturbances arc feared iu l'orgland. Lord Coelmbtord, commander ot the expedition, has been forced to retire in conaequeuce of the defeat. It is estimated that 500 soldiers were killfid, besides the officers enumerated above. Governor Sir Birtle Frere baa sent appeals lo England and to Mauritius Maur-itius lor reinforcements. The mail steamer for England was dispatched a day earlier than usual, with a request lor six regiments of infantry and a brigade ot cavalry. Tne men-of-war of the Ai-.tice and Tcntdvj have been aihore. Tno Tcncdcs was seriously injured and obliged to go into dock at cimoa's bay. The British force wm compelled to recrosa the borders. The fjree, which waa annihilaiLd. waa attacked while guarding the camp o! headquartera of tlie column at Lnaanduana during the nbdence ol Lotd Cuelmslbrd with a strong force recounoik ring. |
