The Young Colonists - A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Young Colonists, by G.A. Henty This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars Author: G.A. Henty Illustrator: Simon H. Vedder Release Date: June 20, 2010 [EBook #32934] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE YOUNG COLONISTS *** Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England G.A. Henty "The Young Colonists" Preface. As a rule the minor wars in which this country has been from time to time engaged, have been remarkable both for the admirable way in which they were conducted and for the success that attended them. The two campaigns in South Africa, however, that followed each other with but a brief interval, were notable exceptions. In the Zulu War the blunder, made by the General in command, of dividing his army and marching away with the greater portion without troubling himself to keep up communication with the force left behind, brought about a serious disaster at Isandula.