the rear, and after twenty minutes' hard fighting had been repulsed with very heavy loss. De Wouters and Doorme then led the men up to the fort, but nothing they could do could persuade the men to mount the breach, though some of them followed actually into the ditch.

De Wouters eventually retired. When we took the fort we found that the Arab loss on this day had not been more than a dozen men killed, so well protected were they by their earthworks and the holes in the ground beneath their huts. The Commandant had now fresh difficulties to contend with, as we had definite information that Bwana N'Zigi, with a large reinforcement from Tanganyika and quantities of ammunition, was marching from Kabambari to join Rumaliza, and that he was then situated at Kitumba Moyo. Lieutenant Hambursin was detached with as strong a column