SOUTH AFRICA.
A NATIVE SUCCESS. [Special to Pbk -:b association.! CAPETOWN, Dec. 13. Major Forbes has captured Lobeugula. Dec. 14. The reported capture of King Lobeugula by Major Forbes is premature. A detachment of the lattar’s force, under Captain Wilson, overtook Lobengula’s waggou on the banks of theShaaganiriver. Thenatives werain ambuscade and hotly attacked Captain Wilson’s men, compelling them to retire. A sudden riso in the Shangani prevented a junction between Major Forbes’ troops and Captain Wilson’s detachment. The position of tbe latter is perilous, and Major Forbes is attempting to cross the river to their assistance.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 10221, 15 December 1893, Page 5
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97SOUTH AFRICA. Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 10221, 15 December 1893, Page 5
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