LIKE A LION AT BAY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1111, 2 September 1880, Page 2

LIKE A LION AT BAY.

Thk IZvlv Story of the Princb l^ Imperial's Death. ■ '* ; '..; London, July 28. : Brigadiier, General Sir . Evelyn Wood,: who •' accompanied the ex-Empress Eugenic to Zululand; • has papers descriptive of the death of the Prince Imperial, -.collected from the independent narratives .pf.^eighteen of the Znliis who participated-ih-thV attack -.on the ' Prince's' "party. = ; Thesp papera shows'- that, the attacking: party nujh-< bered fifty, twelve-. .0f, whom followed the Prince, and eight being immediately concerned in his y The.. Zulus having nearly surrouuded the Ptihce's party, fired and rushed on them as they -were mountiug.. : /ThV Prince, not haying succeeded in m6un|ifci|, albn]gside his horse, until it^broke" away. The P.rince : then followed his horse until, ; being closely pressed by his' 5 pursuers} he turned upoii-titietn', . ih the words of the Zulus, " like a lion at bay. "'"Being struck by an assegai in' the side, he rushed : at the nearest opponent, who fled. Another, Zulu then fired -Jhe Prince when : only; ten javd3:fr6m-:him: The Prince -fii|e^)ffiis^is^6ls'ani his rapidly increasing;^ foes,' I ''until? menaced from his right, and rear,: ; and struck by;another assegai, Jtie -regained the level on which" lie" first stood in'the donga, where he was speedily surrffundedi He seizedthe asfejg^r ■which;, had been thrown at him. In,Jßtruggling with his terruied librse^" J his Bw ot^ had fallen from his scabbard, and he thus defended' himself against seven ■pt • eight" Zulus, : who state that they did-not dare^tpvclose. in on him until Jie sank exhausted* on hips. The above' facts were elicited f rom Zulus, who were •examined^ separately on the- scene of attack. '- : 1 '■■

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