Show STORMING A KRAAL A steam tug tue abich had been repaired set net out on oil july call for fontec llla up tho the river pulling the iho loaded with nith rilen men und and horses said and relieving its feelings tee linga by much I 1 hys hya leroial framing says a of the london it not exactly bo be 0 oiled called u suc cob brall jociney Jou iney as it twit took thirty three ito hours m to cimpl complete le less than ono one mile an hour houll dretto tiresome n ie rat for the lh bum human b beings being injurious to the lw bronx arsea a and fa catl to the several of 0 whom found to their cost that the english hall had decided ahat ltv 0 03 01 1 a title line lay day the other liver trips worked out better as to time lime but tho the railway surprises were still to come we an gaily amo am a well W ell butof tile the inevitable accidents fa few ew useful horses killed and a few useful men injured jureti In being all we had to complain of except tj that I 1 a I 1 more amoy and an even slower rate of pro gr crossion ossion vas the consequence Clil molo Is the railway terminus cat at ileena pic Ile sent ent though thi the lint line Is in a forward aiato stale for some distance beyond front from the force pushed on as tast fast as it arrived the rifle alne or company m left on july and arrived ILL at urn um tall the farthest township to which the road was open on the isali the lie other farlies part leis f IIo InC as aa fast as they arrived chicolo Chi at molo tile THE INVADING FORCE tho the force at thirl time consisted of 0 tile the two companies ot of mounted infantry two men guns with their tie tach ments fifty eltty of the york and lancaster regimen regiment I 1 orty forty engi engineers neels and 10 of the wet hiding regiment with tho exception c eption of the mounted infants tr laid and the gunts guns the for boire ve 14 1 required tor for keeping opera open part of tile the long stretch of road load between beti een and salisbury miles it li 13 1 3 ail mutely necessary to have posts at interval Inte ival dilong the road otherwise otheral P e instead in 8 t e ad of remaining open it would be closed as soon as the t troops pa had passed through rosta twenty n ty miles apart A would va u id be more mom c effective if active and if 1 there w was as a proportion es of m mounted 0 u n ted al men ien at t e every cry other post the r rebellious b el 2 mahones Ma honas would soon get ur t red e d of tho game came they would he be unable e to now lit in a great part of the country and their crops could bo destroyed its in other parts and if only permanent pouts posts were systematically established in ili the different districts there t v bo be no difficulty in keeping them thoroughly in hand the men at those these place placed would soon get to know their districts well and could make sudden dashes da for tiny any point where here there ww wis it a likelihood of the natives venturing out of their eaves caves and kopjes to row BOW it their 0 ir crop or graze their cattle both operations opera tlona would become impracticable und and the Mas honas would be glad to accept format 1 if allowed allo to do so tile tho road from chibola to la 16 mostly up tip hill bushy and fairly well watered it is territory for or thel thee reater part ot of tho thes way the exact boundary Is not yet settled Is their most westerly post POOL here us as elsewhere their officials were obliging and courteous tho the force concentrated at on july and marched for salisbury on tile the am I 1 MASHONA CHIEFS Masho has no king and no capital it la is a vast country and full 0 of chiefs horses Ifor ses oxen cats and chickens do not stern seem to thrive but imite and paramount chiefs abound the big chief ot of the eastern portion of tho the country Is makoni hla his stronghold lies seven miles north of the main road tho road before reaching tills this part runs through a long lone rocky mountain ps pass reported to be strongly held col anderson hoping to surprise jakont in ills kraal wisely decided to avoid the devils pass by making a detour debou had we forced the paw it would haar have been impossible to kill many of the enemy and it ft Is most improbable that makoni would have lave stayed in ili his krant kraal after finding that his men had failed to beat ul is back in tho the pass on august 2nd and we were seven miles from hla his kraal and that night the little force set act out in hopes ot of surprising him at dawn tile the following morning fortunately tile the way over the veldt was tor for the part easy though the ancient seven poun dera that accompany u us in our wanderings turned over more than once the fores force divided when within two miles of the kraal col anderson taking the guns guna and the irish company and maj jenner the rifle company and the volunteers it was all timed toa to a nicety and the bursting ot of a shell was Ma makonis Makon konts ls reveille they hod had been having a merry evening and on an indifferent lookout had been kept in consequence if native roi reporters sorters are to bo be trusted makoni in art an after dinner speech had informed an appreciative audience that the white men would come to tho kraal to bi be eaten up and that they would probably anac about midday ceita certainly not before MAKONIS the kraal was a wonderfully strong natural position and had been further strengthened with blockades stone walls etc the Mas mathonia Matho honaS ate aie hard haid to beat in tills this line makoulis as aa wo we lave have since discovered Is only a large larce specimen of hundreds of kraals about the country they are mostly built somewhere nome where near tile the top of a rocky hill and such rocks enormous bould bouldi cra ars twenty thirty forty and fifty feet feel hight poached one on oil top of oc another every rack crack and crevice built up with thick stone walls walla often the only way in Is by era craw ling line on oil haidu and knees through a holes hole between two looks locks immediately beyond this there Is s probably either a cave or another loophole wall Im li Isible till you have got cot halt balf way out ot of the first little tunnel no in fact one man with a really sharp penknife and tile the courage 0 of a rabbit could hold out against an army corps carps at makoni they hey tried to make an ake a stand not in tho the open but amongst their huts huta it wim was the first place tackled and thoy they lid did not quite line mow AV what hat to expect their previous experiences per perien lences ces had beert against portuguese and the ivi results had not been lit in the least disastrous to makonis BIa konis men at any rate owing to the gloat natural ila I 1 strength 0 of the position they ipanag managed ed to told hold the lefthand left hand liand party for some time and others were sent round to lo the right to abandon the cutting off process PO cefis and try to effect an cn liance from that tile this wax pi and effectively P done filing words on oil the itin the ilia compa went at it with a lun over the slippery Kli plidy looks locks the ene mys nerves could out not quite stand it their alro was nas high said and they lost their C hance chance in a few sioe tire the riflemen had scaled tile the well wall rind find red the kraal and were voll ying into the hut in icely to a heave train from the enettie enet now mo moral alv concealed concett led behind awk rat its stock alca slen apil and la in huts tile the tria company ere areld re vied ld the iho large harpe of their comrades of the mounted infantry with hearty ClICC ch cerf rO alid and wro soon tile kraal Is as well THE VICTORY th lloyal engineers over the wall in the th interval und formed upon the left of the rifle company it wits was here that thai their gallant lender leader tact alii ili death lie he was killed by a shot chot fired from behind a hut but at IL a distance of only a yard or two the mashona MA thona w N ho fired was kaled kl ird tin on tile tho spot capt claynes wa was a great loss ions to the th force ills his kindly disposition and anxiety to belp on 01 every civery occasion tail had milde made him evin lei in the lle short time that he had been with tile the three moral popular with all miky while by hla his exceptional ability and ros onice lip he had r vi himself I 1 invaluable as an all engli terr officer i soon after tills llila the Mas honas that had not noll boil d had all taken to the caves from which it would hav have a veen impossible Impo eIble to dislo daye them without a 1 I week fcc 1 or two of sitting around ani and dy camking nam King out of the qulion ques aa we bad to push on for halls bury so BO tho the job jb weal wan left for a autum oe oc alon caslon but we vve had the satis tact ton of knowing that tho the kraal was waa taken an and d and that about ot of the enemy had bem been killed |