THE NATAL RISING.
SOME HEAVY FIGHTING;
REBEL NUMBERS INCREASING.
CO-OPERATION OF THE BOERS
(Bj; Cable.— Pceie Auoclatlcn.—Copyngu.)
(Received 8.30 a.m.)
LONDON, May 15. Banibaata has entered Natal, and is trying to reach Impananza, near Greytown. Niel and Peter Botha's second district reserves at Greytown have joined Colonel Leucher's force,. Heavy fighting has occurred near Kranrzkop. i Several tribes on the Natal side of the Tugcla are ready to rise. ZULUS COWED BT SEARCHLIGHT. . : PIETEBMARITZBURG, May 15. In the night operations at Nkandhla, the colonial troops are using a searchlight. Its glare, when first used, greatly impressed the loyal chiefs, and one said: "A god with only one eye has turned it upon us in anger." It was flashed in their iaces, and the chiefs cowered in silence before the white man's .witchcraft, I
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 116, 16 May 1906, Page 5
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