THE MATABELE REBELLION 1896 WITH THE BELINGWE FIELD FORCE Rhodesia BSAC Mlimo
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THE MATABELE REBELLION
1896WITH THE BELINGWE FIELD FORCEMAJOR D. TYRIE LAINGLONDON: DEAN & SON
[1897]First edition.
It is stated that the first information respecting the rising was communicated to Mr. S. N. G. Jackson, the acting Native Commissioner at Belingwe, by Mr. Fynn, acting Native Commissioner at Inseza, who advised Mr. Jackson to consult with Captain Laing, and to get all the prospectors to concentrate at the Belingwe store for purposes of defence. Captain Laing, who had... served in the Matabele War (1893) as a lieutenant, took immediate steps to call the men in from the various camps, and when they had arrived a meeting was held, and it was resolved that he should be appointed O.C., with Sir Frederick Frankland as lieutenant and second in command. Vigorous defence operations were soon carried out; unfortunately, however, Mr. Jackson had refused to disarm the native police, who deserted at the first opportunity. The Belingwe garrison consisted of forty-four white officers and men, ten Cape Boys, and fifteen Zambesis, and the author gives great praise to these men for their conduct throughout the campaign. There is an account of a march through the country occupied by the enemy to meet reinforcements sent from Tuli by Mr. Rhodes, the force under Captain Laing having been augmented by a party of friendly Basutos. The combined troops had several engagements with the enemy, who fired the Bush, thereby endangering the whole column, which was only preserved by the energy and resource of the men, who burnt a large belt of bush about one hundred yards outside the laager, keeping the fire in check from inside. The author remarks, " This was accomplished not a moment too soon, for a roaring mass of flames about three miles long, twenty yards broad, and three feet high swept past our position with a noise like a river in flood. . . . Every one knew we had had one of the narrowest escapes possible." (Mendelssohn, South African Bibliography)
19 x 13 cm. 327 pp + b/w plates. May be a later binding as the author is a Major on the title page and Colonel on the cover.Very good condition, cloth slightly dulled on spine, Sunday school prize label on front pastedown ( I bet Sarah Onion was thrilled with her prize ). A few pages roughly opened, one with corner torn off, otherwise clean and tidy, binding firm.
1896WITH THE BELINGWE FIELD FORCEMAJOR D. TYRIE LAINGLONDON: DEAN & SON
[1897]First edition.
It is stated that the first information respecting the rising was communicated to Mr. S. N. G. Jackson, the acting Native Commissioner at Belingwe, by Mr. Fynn, acting Native Commissioner at Inseza, who advised Mr. Jackson to consult with Captain Laing, and to get all the prospectors to concentrate at the Belingwe store for purposes of defence. Captain Laing, who had... served in the Matabele War (1893) as a lieutenant, took immediate steps to call the men in from the various camps, and when they had arrived a meeting was held, and it was resolved that he should be appointed O.C., with Sir Frederick Frankland as lieutenant and second in command. Vigorous defence operations were soon carried out; unfortunately, however, Mr. Jackson had refused to disarm the native police, who deserted at the first opportunity. The Belingwe garrison consisted of forty-four white officers and men, ten Cape Boys, and fifteen Zambesis, and the author gives great praise to these men for their conduct throughout the campaign. There is an account of a march through the country occupied by the enemy to meet reinforcements sent from Tuli by Mr. Rhodes, the force under Captain Laing having been augmented by a party of friendly Basutos. The combined troops had several engagements with the enemy, who fired the Bush, thereby endangering the whole column, which was only preserved by the energy and resource of the men, who burnt a large belt of bush about one hundred yards outside the laager, keeping the fire in check from inside. The author remarks, " This was accomplished not a moment too soon, for a roaring mass of flames about three miles long, twenty yards broad, and three feet high swept past our position with a noise like a river in flood. . . . Every one knew we had had one of the narrowest escapes possible." (Mendelssohn, South African Bibliography)
19 x 13 cm. 327 pp + b/w plates. May be a later binding as the author is a Major on the title page and Colonel on the cover.Very good condition, cloth slightly dulled on spine, Sunday school prize label on front pastedown ( I bet Sarah Onion was thrilled with her prize ). A few pages roughly opened, one with corner torn off, otherwise clean and tidy, binding firm.
