The Matabele Rising.
(Per Press Association.) Capetown, Aucust 8. Beresford'a infantry, supported by Mnxim guns, wns advancing on a kopje, held by the Mntabele, when a strong force of the Utter, from an ambush of only forty yards, charged them. A most desperate struggle took place, nnd tbe lighting was » I most the hottest seen there. Berpsford, finding himself hardly pressed, -ignalled for support, and it was in advancing to his aid that Major Kershaw was shot. August 9. A prisoner taken at Matoppo states the enemy are inclined to treat for peace except the Indunas. They are losing heart at their recent reverses.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 35, 10 August 1896, Page 2
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104The Matabele Rising. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 35, 10 August 1896, Page 2
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