THE STATE FORCES CAMP OPPOSITE THE TOWN OF NYANGWE ON THE OTHER SIDE OP THE RIVER LUALABA — DESCRIPTION OF THE WATERPEOPLE — SURPRISE ENCOUNTER WITH TWO COLUMNS OF ADVANCING ARABS

At midday on the 21st of January 1893, on coming out of a dense belt of forest, we saw Nyangwe spread out before us. Between us and it was a plain some two miles wide and the river Lualaba, which we knew to be about a thousand yards across; yet so clear was the air that we felt as if we were within rifle-range of the city. We had not been many minutes in the open before we could detect with our glasses tremendous commotion in the streets of Nyangwe.

It was evident that we had been seen. The Commandant halted our forces in order to get the different divisions into position. At this point a