Natal Native Trouble.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3882, 4 June 1906, Page 4

Natal Native Trouble.

SHARP ENGAGEMENT.

DESPERATE BRAVERY.

Pietermaritzburg, May 81. j Colonel Vlanderplank, one of Zululand Mounted Rifles, and some ; of the Natal Carbineers ' nrw i i fi oi PS under Lieutenants I; jndon and bhepscone, carried ' ou j. Bucce gsful opera--3. 1U ‘-ne Impatu district. The ” made a determined stand, twice, but the levies stabbed and shot 85. The bush troops at Dundee have begun a general forward movement. Details of the Bunkmyoni fight, in which the Zulus were defeated and driven back, show that the camp was situated on a hdl. The whites formed two sides of a square and gibindi’s men the other two sides. A succession of rushing, daring attacks and ruses were carried out tcom all sides. A herd of cattle was moved against one face of the square as a screen and Jo break the foimatiou. The point was, however, held by the mounteds; and a volley checked the onrush. The whole of the British position was soon surrounded. Leuchars planted riflemen amidst Sibindi’s forces. The enemy’s rifle fire was good, but the casualties were insignificant, the Britishers lying and firing from behind their saddles. The Opposition cheered Mr Winston Churchill lor declining to listen to Mr Seeley’s suggestion to bring pressure to bear on the Natal Government to terminate martial law. Mr Churchill remarked that a continuance thereof must necessarily be governed by the continuance of a state of insurrection and military operations. Borne of the rebels are armed with battle-axes. Colonel Leucbara crossed the border and seized some cattle. He then entrenched at a mealie garden, Sibindi’s followers being in the centre of the force. Next morning many thousands of the rebels made a sudden and desperate attack. They shot continuously at Sibinde’s force, killing three and wounding twelve. They were repulsed alter displaying the greatest bravery. Borne were killed within a lew yards of their opponents’ lines.