Africa.
The Matabele are extremely confident, and jeer at the white troops, calling them cowards.
The majority of the pioneers are leaving Bulawayo, in the belief that the war is likely to be protracted. • Captain Hurrell had a sharp engagement with the enemy at Belingwe, but succeeded in effecting a junction with the force from Fort Victoria.
Captain Robertson's Cape contingent will complete the set of forte at Matoppo Hills, so as to encircle the natives in all directions except to the north. General Sir Frederick Carrir.gton, Commander of the British force?, reports that want of men hampers the rapid and effectual cru^-hing of the Matabele, and even if more were sent he would be nnable to feed them, owing to the difficulty of transport.
All efforts will now be directed to securing supplies before the rainy season sets in.
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Manawatu Herald, 1 August 1896, Page 2
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140Africa. Manawatu Herald, 1 August 1896, Page 2
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