Show matabele forces routed nov I 1 cecil rhodes premier premier of cape colony telegraphs a ephs phs from rom fort charter that native run runners arters say tho the Hat abeles cs are utterly defeated I 1 aud I 1 d king lobengula lias has fled the tile british columns effected a juncture at bulawa Bulu 0 and arid both columns are now pursuing the tile fugitive king and his followers F aers major forbes had a des desperate crate fight with crack amo 1 regiment and half of the latter were dest destroyed the blacks fought with great bravery but the tile machine guns gun and unerring rifles of the tile whites bites were 0 too much for them the destruction destruct io n was such that they never got within adear distance odthe of the will to columns and they finally broke in utter rout the loss to the tile chartered forces was slight and mainly con confined tined to major forbes column the mata belee beles loss is reported to exceed and wounded all reports confirm these stories and agree the tile matabele power is utterly b broken ro ken one of the tile envoys was killed by B rehua nal and the police was a relation of a power powerful fir I 1 kine king of one odthe of the native states who bo has consequently withdrawn w n in into to the interior and is preparing t to 0 en engage british gage in vigo vigorous rons hostilities sain i iut st the british chartered company |