HC Deb 21 June 1878 vol 241 cc19-20
MR. W. H. JAMES

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether it is true that war has broken out with the Zulus, and that in consequence troops have been despatched from the Cape?

SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH

Sir, we have no information whatever of war having broken out with the Zulus; but it is probable that, having regard to the unsettled condition of that part of South Africa, some additional troops have been sent from the Cape to the Transvaal.