With Wilson in Matabeleland, or, Sport and war in Zambesia (1894)
Donovan, C. H. W., 1860-, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : Henry · leaf 181
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR 159 However, it is not for me to moralise. We left Zimbabye after performing our simple but solemn •duties to the dead, and, on reaching Victoria, … PARADE. found everything in preparation for the taking of active measures against the Matabeles, as a surer way of preventing them from renewing their attacks than by merely standing on the defensive.
Zimbabwe -- History -- Ndebele Revolt, 1896 · Zimbabwe -- Description and travel · Transvaal (South Africa) -- Description and travel
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