Natal Native Trouble.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3877, 23 May 1906, Page 4

Natal Native Trouble.

A BRUSH WITH THE REBELS, SIX KILLED AND A NUMBER CAPTURED. TWENTY-ONE NATIVES SURRENDER. Pietermaritzburg, May 19. Lieutenant-Colonel Leuchar’s force killed six Zulu rebels on the outskirts of the M’Cala Bush on the Tugela River, in a fight near Cetawayo’a grave The enemy were driven into the forest. borne of the rebels while leaving the scene of fighting were surprised and captured. Colonel McKenzie has begun ex- » tensive encircling operations. Twenty one of the followers of j Siganaudaand Silvana have surren- . dtred. ( The Natal Mercury, in an appar- > enily inspired article, declares that the presence of warships at Durban at the outset of the Native trouble would have dispelled the idea that Great Britain whs holding ahof. Even now a parade of bluejackets and guns in the streets would have an excellent moral effect. A REARGUARD ACTION, Pietermaritzburg, May 20, The Ukarhla and Fort YnlUnd columns have junctioned at Cetev,a ’.i grave. Twelve of Bambaata’s rebels were killed in a rearguard action at Maroc Disrval.

Colonels McKenzie’*, Manner's, and Parker’s columns junotioned at Oetewayo’s grave. Barker’s column fought a sharp action at Mhala Hill, inflicting numerous casnaUns end capturing eight hundred cattle and many goats. Special precautions have been tak.en to avoid desecrating Cetewayo’s grave. One of di’s iuduna,g was sent to state that Siganand-’t a nd Udabimazie were anxious to surrender. Practn-a'ly all Sige .nandi’s country h«s been cap tured, and the herds and worn- n taken ( though most of the men tscape'd to the bush. A Christian native, after travelling / through Znluland, informed the jvernment that the natives ot sevlst al parts mean to rise simultaneously ( T vhen their crops have been reaped. 1 :