follows: — Lemery was in command at Nyangwe, and in a very dangerous position, since Raschid and his forces from the north might at any moment, instead of attempting to form a junction with Rumaliza, turn aside and attack Nyangwe; Kasongo was held by Lieutenant Middagh; on our extreme right Lange was at Mwana Mkwanga with one hundred and twenty men and a Krupp gun, in a very strong position; de Wouters and the Commandant Dhanis and myself were in the centre; and Commandant Gillian occupied the extreme left at Bena Guia.

We, in the centre, had two 7*5 Krupps, and, for the first time during the war, plenty of ammunition. De Wouters found that, owing to the nature of the ground and a very thick bush, he could approach one of Rumaliza's forts to within three hundred yards, without the enemy being able to see them.