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but tbe horses were sent inside on account of their exposed position. 
Before they were ordered in, which was when the enemy had advanced 
to within 100 yds. of the guns, my horse had been shot, Lieut. Bigge's 
and others wounded. 
At 1.45 p.m. the first shell was fired at the right horn, which had 
driven in our cavalry, at a range of 600 yds. The fire of the artillery, 
aided by the well directed fire of the 90th L.I. succeeded in breaking 
the right horn, which retired and took refuge in the rocks and uneven 
ground to the left front of the redoubt. They never re-formed during 
the engagement. 
The main body, or chest of the army, together with the left horn, 
now came on simultaneously, enveloping our front, right, and right, 
rear. 
Against the repeated attacks of these forces, the guns played with¬ 
out ceasing, at ranges varying from 300 to 60 yds. Case shot was much 
used at close quarters and did considerable execution. Shrapnel shell 
with fuzes bored short were used as a rule, except when the enemy took 
shelter in the huts of our native allies, when common shell with per¬ 
cussion fuzes were fired, which effectually drove the enemy out, and 
thus exposed them to the withering fire of the infantry in the redoubt. 
p.m., the enemy turned, and the cavalry were sent 
out m 
the 
At o 
pursuit, the guns still firing at increasing ranges. At 7.30 p.m., 
cavalry returned, having pursued the enemy for seven miles. 
The average number of rounds fired by the guns of Major TremletCs 
battery on this day was 80. 
On two occasions during the engagement, the guns of my division 
became so heated that water had to be thrown upon them in order to 
Effect of the allow of the vent being served. The effect of the artillery fire on this 
artillery fire. wag m0s t marked; not only by the number of dead found lying in 
front of the guns, but by the reports received from natives afterwards, 
and by the visible effect on the advancing columns, especially at close 
quarters, when case was being fired. 
During an interview with Cetywayo and one of his chiefs, at Cape 
Town, last April, the latter stated that one round of case shot, fired 
during the battle of Kambula, killed no less than 10 head men of his 
own regiment, besides wounding others; and that it was with the 
greatest difficulty that he could persuade his men to face the guns. 
The following is an extract from the despatches published after the 
battle :— 
“ The two mule guns were admirably worked by Lieut. Mcolson, 
B.A., in the redoubt, until he was mortally wounded (since dead) when 
Major Yaughan, R.A., Director of Transport replaced him, and did 
good service. The horses of the other four guns, under Lieuts. Bigge 
and Slade, were sent inside the laager, when the Zulus came within 
100 yds. of them, but these officers with their men, and Major Tremlett, 
B’.A., to all of whom great credit is due, remained in the open the 
whole of the engagement.^ 
At the battle of Ulundi on the 4th July, the artillery was again 
brought into action, on which occasion the guns were distributed in the 
following way round the square formed by the infantry. 
Extract from 
Colonel 
Wood’s 
despatches 
after the 
battle of 
Kambula. 
Battle of 
Ulundi, 
