CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| Early History of the Zulu Nation and of Natal | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Native Policy in Natal—Laws, Customs, and Religion of theZulus | [21] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Events preliminary to Zulu War—Commencement of Hostilities | [34] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Lord Chelmsford's Plans—The Battle of Isandhlwana—TheHeroic Defence of Rorke's Drift—Panic in the Colony—Requestfor Reinforcements—Reply from the Queen—TheMinistry—Sir Bartle Frere—Lord Chelmsford | [50] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Pearson's Column—March to Ekowe—Battle of Inyezane—Ekowe—ZuluArmy—Wood's Column—Reinforcementsfrom England—The Colonists—The Navy | [71] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Zlobane Mountain—Piet Uys—The Battle of Kambula—TheIntombe Disaster—Battle of Ghinghelovo—Relief of Ekowe | [91] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Services of Native Contingents—Lord Chelmsford andSir H. Bulwer—Review of the Campaign—Difficultiesof Transport—Immense Delay—Burying the Dead atIsandhlwana | [112] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Sir Bartle Frere's Policy—Censure of the Home Government—SlowOperations—Affair of the 5th of June—ThePrince Imperial—His Arrival—Services—Character—Death—Court-Martial—FuneralRites and Embarkation of the Body of the Prince Imperial | [140] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| The Policy of Sir Bartle Frere—Slow Advance of theBritish Columns—Appointment and Arrival of Sir GarnetWolseley—Battle of Ulundi—Resignation and Departureof Lord Chelmsford | [170] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Lord Chelmsford's Policy—Promptness and Decision of SirGarnet Wolseley—The Hunt and Capture of Cetywayo—Departurefrom Natal—The Last of the Zulu Kingsa Prisoner in the Castle of Cape Town—Great Meetingwith Zulu Chiefs—Sir G. Wolseley's Speech—Settlementof the Country—End of the War | [203] |
| Appendix | [213] |
HISTORY OF THE ZULU WAR.
