(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'S SPECIAL WIRE.)
" 7 778c»n)ON, TFeb, 12. ■Am Ata banquet last night, .the First Lord of, the Admiralty, in- TaY .'speech, .said that : -he . deplored the disaster wiiich ; had : bef aileri theBritish troops in Zulu Land,7and Announced that reinfbrceirients sufficient "to terhiihate the struggle would start within a week. ; ;7y ; " : YA^Y'Y' ■''■■[■■: Y:7 :/ ; . The 2_th Regiment was decoyed irito an ambush of 20,O00yZulus|, andythough ovCi^-: whelmc.d by numbers fought bravely Y T ZChirty officers and 570 men .f ellwand yihe '";Zulus;ajre-: believed to have lost^ooo7 7lt was'a fegdlkr .massacre.'-'- - A-'A- .-,..; Y :AAA~<YY>v 7-.- -'A:-v : A- ' ■■ ; .It' has been decided- to despatch five i large swift steamers with reinforcements. -,Yr . Y The British Government offer tp subsidise , an electric cable to>the Gape.-- -■-.■-, ; .. -{■ .-n&Y ;;;; ; 7BERLlNt (Undated);>7i The GermariParliahaeut opened, arid the Emperor;in his speech i declared it necessary to. revert to the Protectionist principles inY force anterior to 1865 in order to . secure ' a home market for home productions.'.; ""7* : " : 77 ' RECEIVED, 3.45 A.Mi77 "' ' '■" . '.^7;7. . . ;-. 'uMDmyj^MAY The Premier has made a statement similar to the one made by hiiri.:in the House of Com-; mpns when speaking.oftthe action of England inthe.Afghan question. He^^blt upon-: the dreadful disaster -wjiich had. befalleri the . forces in Zula larid, aridppirited to the sue-' cess achieved, by -the .Afghan expedition, which had resulted in7 the protectipn - of 7the frontier.. and ; the preseryatifn; of the , independence df-Afghariistan. 7 """"'"' 7 -,,: Hopes are . entertained- that the severe weather in Great Britain will improve and' mitigate the dire distress prevailing. - ,:,
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Southland Times, Issue 3325, 15 February 1879, Page 2
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