THE MATABELE WAR.
REPORTED BRITISH REVERSE.
THE MISSING DETACHMENTS. SAID TO HAVE BEEN .. ....-;. ANNIHILATED. Press Association.— Electric Telegraph.— London, December 28. A private telegram received here states that Captain Wilson's detachment was cut to pieces by the Matabeles, as was also that under Captain Burrows, sent by Major Forbes to assist the former. The total number of the two detachments was 40.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9395, 29 December 1893, Page 5
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62THE MATABELE WAR. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9395, 29 December 1893, Page 5
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