The Matabele War.
THE DISASTER TO CAPTAIN WILSONS COLUMN. THE COLUMN WIPED OUT OF EXISTENCE. MA.JOIt FOHBES SUSPENDED. (PKtt PKKSS ASSOCIATION.) Capktown, January 13. Major Forbes has been found guilty of incapacity, ami has been suspended in command nt Huluwityo. Tlio details of tlu> disaster to Captain Wilson's detachment show that after King Loboiiguela had sought flight on horseback tlio Matabeles refaced the imrnuoi-K who nuvde a gallant stand. I'lm Irtttor'M horses wore shot down, and behind them 1 they held tho combatants tit hay to the last, and made a great efl'ovt with thoir revolvers. Eventually the Matabclo, who overwhelmed the British in numbers, made a rushing attack, and using their assegais with deadly HlVet, killed all the detachment. Captain Wilson's force consisted of Captains Fitzgerald, .ludd, Greenfield, Kirton.and Harrow, Lieutenants Hughes and Hepmeyer, Sergeants Harding, Browning, Brad burn, and Bradley, Corporals King and Colquhoun, Troopers Welby (2), Robertson, Hallet, Dillon, Money, Yogel (sou of Sir J. Yogel), Lewis, Da voi, ■Watson, Brock, Brittou, Batt, Muim, Thomson, Abbott, and McKeuzie.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 214, 15 January 1894, Page 2
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171The Matabele War. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 214, 15 January 1894, Page 2
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