HISTORY
OF
THE ZULU WAR.
HISTORY OF THE ZULU WAR.
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HISTORY
OF
THE ZULU WAR.
BY
A. WILMOT, F.R.G.S.
LONDON:
RICHARDSON AND BEST, PATERNOSTER ROW;
AND
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1880.
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PREFATORY NOTE.
The salient features and the principal events of the Zuluwar are referred to in this volume. Long and uninterestingdetails respecting minor operations are omitted, and anattempt is made to furnish a readable book, which givesa fair view of the causes, origin, and progress of the war.It must be borne in mind that South African Kafir warsconstitute one tragedy in various acts. The Zulu campaignsare merely last links of a chain. The war with Cetywayois identical in principle with those waged with Gaika,T'Slambie, Dingaan, Kreli, and Sandilli. The tide ofsavagery has been periodically rolled back, and it was eithernecessary that this should be done, or that white menshould abandon Southern Africa. The fatuous policy ofLord Glenelg caused the wars of 1846 and 1852, and thereis in essence no difference between it and the policyadvocated by the opponents of Sir Bartle Frere. In ordernot to load this introductory note with lengthy observations,a paper will be found in the Appendix treating upon thissubject.[1]
Blue Books and correspondents' letters necessarily formthe principal authorities. The preliminary portion of thebook has been really requisite, and it is hoped that it willbe found not the least interesting portion of the volume.No doubt, in the first connected narrative of the Zulu war,many omissions and inaccuracies may be discovered, butevery effort has been made to collect the truth from themost reliable authorities, and to tell it without fear, favour,or prejudice.
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