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280 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1879. to have led them to believe that the nativecontingent was there, and that the weakest pointin the camp would probably be found in thatdirection ;and a most determined attack wasaccordingly made there on the 91st, which lastedabout twenty minutes, when the Zulus wavered andthen fled, leaving many of their number withina few spaces of the trenches. When it was noticedthat they were breaking, the mounted troops,under Major Barrow, togetherwith the nativecontingent, were sent in pursuit, and terribleexecution they did. By half-past seven the engagementwas over.The 91st's loss was one man killed, PrivateMarshall ;while eight were wounded, namely,Sergeant D. Mclntyre, dangerously, in the lefteye (he died at Stanger, on the 15th) Private;Stantidge, flesh wound in the thigh; PrivateRichards, penetrating wound in the leg;Privates O'Brien and Mallie, wound in theirheads ;Private Hanlon, wound in abdomen ;Private Sutton, wound in left arm ;PrivateGillespie, slight wound on side of head. Theadjutant, Lieutenant St. Glair, had a narrowescape, a bullet having gone through his helmet,within an inch of his head. The total casualty