But this was not so, for being brave fellows, after a pause of perhaps five minutes, once more they charged in a body, hoping to overwhelm us.

Again we greeted them with bullets and knocked out several, whereon the rest threw a volley of their long spears at us.

I was glad to see them do this although one of the Zulus got his death from it, while two more were wounded.

I myself had a very narrow escape, for a spear passed between my neck and shoulder.

Each of them carried but one of these weapons and I knew that if they used them up in throwing, only their big knives would remain to them with which to attack us.
After this discharge of spears which was kept up for some time, they rushed at us and there followed a great fight.