to Kambula Camp which was well fortified. The Zulus attacked with great determina- tion and courage, but were finally routed leaving over a thousand dead. The final conflict took place in July after reinforcements had been sent out from CRESTON HOTEL CRESTON, B. C. (a FULLY LICENSED Dining Room in Connection Headquarters for Tourists when in Creston Od Proprietor: JOHN SHEAN Let Us Clean and Press For You WE CALL AND DELIVER BEN’S Ben J. Gaspers, Proprietor Creston, British Columbia NU-WAY CAFE The Best at Moderate Prices SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO TOURIST TRADE CRESTON - B.C. CHAS. DAVIS 2), 1a) INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES (a) (a CRESTON - B.C. AL’S MOTOR SERVICE Where You and Service Meet CHRYSLER AND PLYMOUTH DEALER SERVICE TO ALL MAKES OF CARS Auto-Lite Batteries Creston, British Columbia THE STERLING DINING ROOM ALL CLEAN WHITE HELP Next Door to Post Office REAL HOME COOKING Creston, British Columbia Page Eighty-six England. In this battle at Ulundi the Bri tish infantry were drawn up in a square, with cavalry within it, when the Zulus attacked. The storm of bullets fired from the four sides of the square was so destruc- tive that the enemy broke and fled, pur- sued by the 6th Dragoons and 17th Lan- cers who charged out of the square. The ground was well suited to cavalry pursuit and great havoc was wrought by them among the fleeing warriors. Shortly after Ulundi, King Cetshwayo was captured and sent a prisoner to Cape- town. He was later allowed to state his case before Queen Victoria and the British Government leaders in London and was eventually restored to Zululand as one of the twelve chiefs appointed to rule that country. The object of the Zulu War was not to deprive Cetshwayo or the Zulus of their land, but to break up the king’s mili- tary power which had become a menace to the neighbouring countries. So far as bring- ing peace to Zululand the settlement was not a success, as the different chiefs ap- pointed soon took up arms against each other, and more Zulus were slain in this internal warfare than were killed by the British troops in the war itself. PRINCE NAPOLEON Is KILLED An incident in the Zulu War was the death of Prince Louis Napoleon, son of the late Emperor of France. The Prince was killed in a skirmish with the Zulus, while acting as military attache to the British troops. After the war the Empress visited the spot where her son fell in Zulu- land. She was escorted there from Pieter- maritzburg by a troop of the Police, the round trip taking nearly a month, the party being housed in tents. After the journey the Empress sent a gold watch to the Ser- geant of the troop and £100 to be shared by the men who had accompanied her. In 1880 the Basuto War broke out and the Natal Mounted Police were in the field again watching for raiding parties cross- ing into Natal. 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