Mahomedi and Sefu led the Arabs, who were jeering and taunting Lutete's people, saying that they were in a bad case, and had better desert the white man, who was ignorant of the fact that Mohara with all the forces of Nyangwe was camped in his rear.

Lutete's people replied: “Oh, we know all about Mohara; we ate him the day before yesterday.” The news of Mohara's defeat had not then reached Sefu, as our camp lay between, and Mohara was defeated and slain before communication had been established between the Arab armies. Michaux retired, leaving Lutete's people, masked by the forest and unknown to the enemy, to build a bridge across the river higher up. On the 12th we crossed the Lufubu, and coming to the Kipango found that the bridge, made in the night by our allies, had been carried away. Three hours' steady