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Title: The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Ingram, J. Forsyth (Joseph Forsyth), b. 1858
Subjects: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) — Guidebooks
Publisher: London : Printed by J. Causton and sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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was in full retreat, and the Boers in pursuing it became,unfortunately, separated. The gallant story of how Pieter Uys 22tS
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was wounded, and how his son died in endeavouring to savehim, forms inspiriting reading. Those who followed Potgieterin the chase were afterwards forced to retire, and the com-mander succeeded with difficulty in fighting its way back tothe main camp. In the month of August, 1838, King Dingaan madeanother determined attack on the emigrants laager nearEstcourt. Anticipating an easy victory, the savages rushedon in high hope, but were beaten off with terrific loss. Oldresidents who remember these wars can describe the scenesof carnage with gruesome realism. After much skirmishing, the Boers, now led by AndriesPretorius and Carl Landman, completely overwhelmed Dingaan,who, on Sunday, i6th December, 1838, attacked them at theirlaager on the Blood River, which was so named because itswaters literally ran red with the blood of 400 warriors whowere shot on its banks. On that day 3,000 Zulus perished,and until the present time, the i6th December—the anniversaryof the battle—is kept religio
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