The BIGGARs and the DUNNs

The English at the Bay sent sent two expeditions against the Zulus (March/April 1838) - the second, culminating in the first Battle of Ndondakusuka (Tugela) in which of the 17 Whites that sallied forth, only four survived, and of the 800 Black followers 600 perished. Both of Ann Dunn's brothers (Robert Biggar and George Biggar - sons of A.H. Biggar) where killed in the action packed 3 months .. on the 11th of May the Comet sailed for Delagoa Bay and ultimately Algoa leaving behind only about 9 of the Port Natal residents .. Mrs Ann Dunn and her children were on board ... her husband Mr Robert Newton Dunn may have been among the few who remained at Port Natal ..her father, Alexander Harvey Biggar, remained in Natal and was killed in a Zulu ambush on December 27th 1838 ....."

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