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	Boer Great Trek Matabele War 1836-1837
		It was on 16th October 1836 that the party received news of a Matabele army approaching.
		There was further bad news - a hunting party had been attacked by the Matabele and had fared badly.
		The Poteiter and Cilliers parties together defeated much larger Matabele Zulu forces at Vegkop in the Transvaal (October 19).
	www.onwar.com /aced/data/bravo/boermata1836.htm

	Rhodesian Tapestry
		Once the Matabele declares peace it is so and there is no war.
		Rhodes had asked two ladies to accompany him to demonstrate his confidence in the Matabele.
		Only then did he seat himself among the Matabele to continue the negotiations.
	www.barbaragoss.co.uk /tapestry/matopos.html

	Telegraph News Matabele war veterans seek foreign backing for rebellion
		Matabele war veterans seek foreign backing for rebellion
		Now 62, he served as a "freedom fighter" during the war in Rhodesia, spending time across the border in camps in Botswana and living rough in the bush of the Matabele hinterland.
		Mr Mugabe successfully centralised power by marginalising Joshua Nkomo, his great Matabele rival, during Zimbabwe's struggle to end white rule.
	www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/08/wzim108.xml

	THE TATI CONCESSION LANDS: THE DESTRUCTION OF LOBENGULA AND THE MATABELE 1880 - 1893, By Dr. Donal Brody - June 1999
		In July 1893, the Matabele War broke out when a party of Lobengula’s warriors raided a Mashona village near Fort Victoria, threatening a camp of British settlers.
		The British High Commissioner authorized the now present military force to respond and indeed to continue the advance until all of Matabeleland was occupied and under strict British Control.
		The documents present strong evidence that in order to weaken any possible resolve on Lobengula’s part, scouts in the Rudd party secretly agitated the neighboring Shona, who believed that the emerging problems were precipitated by the Matabele.
	www.greatepicbooks.com /epics/june99.html

	Machine-Gun
		The gun was first used by Britain`s colonial forces in the Matabele war in 1893-94.
		By the outbreak of the First World War, the British Army had adopted the Vickers Machine-Gun.
		, USA History, British History, Second World War, First World War, Germany,
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWmachinegun.htm

	British Empire: Nineteeth Century Timeline
		Famine in India; Sudan war (1896-99); Kaiser telegram to Kruger; Matabele Revolt Brutally suppressed (1896-97)
		Pasteur discovers Streptococcus bacteria; First electric street light in New York; Charles Lavern proves that Malaria is caused by a parasite in the blood.
		Macadamized roads developed; The Savannah is the first steamship to cross the Atlantic
	www.britishempire.co.uk /timeline/19century.htm (707 words)

	British Empire: Nineteeth Century Timeline
		Famine in India ; Sudan war (1896-99); Kaiser telegram to Kruger; Matabele Revolt Brutally suppressed (1896-97)
		Pasteur discovers Streptococcus bacteria; First electric street light in New York; Charles Lavern proves that Malaria is caused by a parasite in the blood.
		Macadamized roads developed; The Savannah is the first steamship to cross the Atlantic
	www.britishempire.co.uk /timeline/19century.htm (707 words)

	South African War: Herbert Plumer.
		He served with B-P in the Matabele Campaign and had an important part in the relief of Mafeking in the South African War.
		Since the beginning of the war we have heard much of both of these fine officers, and not far short of "B-P's" spirited defence of "Gallant Little Mafeking" must be reckoned Plumer's repeated and strenuous efforts, in the teeth of obstacles which have been imperfectly realised at home, to bring relief to the sorely-pressed garrison.
		Level-headed, full of pluck and "go," self-reliant, resourceful, and everlastingly alert, he is, moreover, an ideal leader of Mounted Infantry, that comparatively new power in war of which we are only now beginning to learn the true significance.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /saw-plumer.htm (707 words)

	The British Empire
		The Afghans however rebelled: thereafter the British, using White troops and Indian recruits, fought three major race wars against the Afghans: the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-1842); the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880); and the Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919).
		Just as the British colonies in North America seemed to be reaching a peak, the colonists themselves broke out in revolt against British rule, resulting in the American Revolution and War of Independence which occurred from 1776 to 1779.
		The Black Matabele revolted against British rule almost immediately in 1896, but were put down with a massive show of arms by the White colonists, sparking off a conflict of that nature which would only finally end in 1980.
	www.stormfront.org /whitehistory/hwr46.htm (2523 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Sir Hiram Maxim
		Maxim successfully sold his new weapon to the British army, although there were many in the army's high command who could not foresee a practical use for the weapon in a war of movement (although it was used to impressive effect by the British during the Matabele war in 1893-94).
		The Vickers machine gun subsequently became the standard issue weapon of its type in the British army during the First World War.
		Sir Hiram Maxim died in London on 24 November 1916, while the Great War was still raging, at the age of 76.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/maxim.htm (2523 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Sir Hiram Maxim
		Maxim successfully sold his new weapon to the British army, although there were many in the army's high command who could not foresee a practical use for the weapon in a war of movement (although it was used to impressive effect by the British during the Matabele war in 1893-94).
		The Vickers machine gun subsequently became the standard issue weapon of its type in the British army during the First World War.
		Sir Hiram Maxim died in London on 24 November 1916, while the Great War was still raging, at the age of 76.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/maxim.htm (2523 words)

	Making the Modern World - Sir Hiram Maxim
		The gun was first used by Britain's forces in the Matabele war of 1893-94 in what is now Zimbabwe.
		His Maxim Gun Co. was eventually absorbed into Vickers Ltd. Maxim became a British subject in 1900 and was knighted in 1901.He died in 1916 and did not witness the carnage wrought by the then commonplace machine gun during the First World War.
		In one battle, 50 soldiers defeated 5,000 Matabele warriors with just four Maxim guns.
	www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk /people/BG.0084 (2523 words)

	South African War: Herbert Plumer.
		He served with B-P in the Matabele Campaign and had an important part in the relief of Mafeking in the South African War.
		Since the beginning of the war we have heard much of both of these fine officers, and not far short of "B-P's" spirited defence of "Gallant Little Mafeking" must be reckoned Plumer's repeated and strenuous efforts, in the teeth of obstacles which have been imperfectly realised at home, to bring relief to the sorely-pressed garrison.
		renown, another, "B-P's" old comrade in arms, Plumer, a regimental Major in the York and Lancaster, but a brevet Lieutenant-Colonel by reason of splendid service in the Matabele Rising of 1896.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /saw-plumer.htm (622 words)

	South African War: Herbert Plumer.
		He served with B-P in the Matabele Campaign and had an important part in the relief of Mafeking in the South African War.
		Since the beginning of the war we have heard much of both of these fine officers, and not far short of "B-P's" spirited defence of "Gallant Little Mafeking" must be reckoned Plumer's repeated and strenuous efforts, in the teeth of obstacles which have been imperfectly realised at home, to bring relief to the sorely-pressed garrison.
		hort biography of Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer (Baron Plumer of Messines and Bilton) is found in The British Army in the Great War.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /saw-plumer.htm (622 words)

	Sir Hiram Maxim
		The British Army adopted the Maxim machine gun in 1889 and it had its first serious taste of action in the 1893 Matabele War in what is now Zimbabwe.
		Since Maxim died in 1916, he was not to see the terrible carnage that marked the 1914-18 World War in which untold thousands died under fire from the by then commonplace machine gun.
		Other military powers quickly saw the value of this indutrialisation of war and the gun, or guns based on Maxim's original, was soon in service throughout the world.
	www.mycamden.co.uk /camden/community-Maxim.htm (622 words)

	Untitled Document
		During the First World War, Henderson was not permitted to leave Rhodesia on active service, as gold-mining was considered an essential service.
		TROOPER HERBERT STEPHEN HENDERSON, VC On Saturday 27th March 1896, news was received in Bulawayo that seven white men were surrounded by the Matabele at Inyati, a post some 15 miles (24km) north-east of the Queen's Mine and 50 miles (80km) north of Bulawayo.
		For the duration of the Second World War, Henderson had all profits from the Prince Olaf Mine given to the War Fund.
	www.rhodesianforces.org /Pages/General/Honours%20and%20Awards.htm (622 words)

	Sir Hiram Maxim
		The British Army adopted the Maxim machine gun in 1889 and it had its first serious taste of action in the 1893 Matabele War in what is now Zimbabwe.
		Since Maxim died in 1916, he was not to see the terrible carnage that marked the 1914-18 World War in which untold thousands died under fire from the by then commonplace machine gun.
		Other military powers quickly saw the value of this indutrialisation of war and the gun, or guns based on Maxim's original, was soon in service throughout the world.
	www.mycamden.co.uk /camden/community-Maxim.htm (622 words)

	British Empire: Nineteeth Century Timeline
		Famine in India ; Sudan war (1896-99); Kaiser telegram to Kruger; Matabele Revolt Brutally suppressed (1896-97)
		Borneo and Brunei become protectorates; Rhodes founds De Beers; Ned Kelly hanged in Melbourne; first boer war (1880-81); Kruger becomes president of Transvaal
		First Sikh War (1845-46), Irish potato famine (1845-48)
	www.britishempire.co.uk /timeline/19century.htm (622 words)

	British Empire: Nineteeth Century Timeline
		Daniel O'Connell forms Catholic Association, First Anglo-Burmese war
		Famine in India; Sudan war (1896-99); Kaiser telegram to Kruger; Matabele Revolt Brutally suppressed (1896-97)
		Kowloon leased from China, Taranaki Wars in NZ (1860-70)
	www.britishempire.co.uk /timeline/19century.htm (707 words)

	Baxter's EduNET - Time Machine
		The 1896-97 Matabele revolt is defeated with difficulty.
		The Boer armies, outnumbered by at least 250,000 to 40,000, cannot win fighting a regular war, and are forced to fight guerrilla style.
		This is a major war fought to the finish.
	www.edunetconnect.com /cat/timemachine/125saf.html (707 words)

	Untitled Document
		Commencing with the Matabele War of 1893 and progressing through the South African War of 1899-1902, the two World Wars, Malaya etc, to the 'Final Conflict' of the Bush War which saw the demise of Rhodesia in 1980.
		Recipients have the right to wear the ribbon of the award in their buttonhole.
		Apart from two exceptions, that of the awards of the VICTORIA CROSS, all extracts in this series have been taken at random from Volumes 1 to 5 of The History of Rhodesian Honours and Awards 1890-1980.
	www.rhodesianforces.org /Pages/General/Honours%20and%20Awards.htm (707 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: Great Scots of Note
		When adventurer, imperialist and exploiter Cecil Rhodes became involved in the Matabele War in 1893, Loch unwillingly had to use British troops to support Rhodes' company.
		Regarded in his lifetime as a sainted figure, Livingstone is remembered as the first European to have gone to the heart of Africa and to have dispelled many erroneous notions as to the nature of the continent and of its inhabitants.
		Perhaps, in the climate of the times, Loch could not have prevented the so-called Boer War.
	www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/greatscots/l1.html (707 words)

	How the British Empire went to sea / Royal Navy nurtured trade but also fought to defend its holdings
		The Royal Navy's E-class submarine entered service in 1912 (not 1908), and the Tribal-class destroyer Matabele torpedoed in World War II lost a crew of roughly 190 men, not 4,000.
		As sleek steel ships replace the British navy's wooden hulls, other lessons emerge from Herman's thoughtful narrative: There have been more "world wars" than we had supposed, privateers waging predatory guerres de course prefigured submarine wolf packs, and more.
		He points out the success of navy-escorted merchant convoys during the multinational War of the Spanish Succession (1702-12) and the Napoleonic Wars.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/02/RVG33AH0881.DTL (840 words)

	Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		At the conclusion of the Matabele War (1893), the lands of Lobengula were incorporated under Jameson's authority to create the embryo colony of Rhodesia.
		On Rhodes's behalf, Jameson undertook missions in 1889 and 1890 to charm Lobengula, king of the Ndebele (sometimes called Matabele), into confirming mineral concessions in present-day Zimbabwe for the British South Africa Company.
		Jameson returned to South Africa and was elected to represent Kimberley in the Cape Colony Parliament (1900).
	www.britannica.com /ebc/print_toc?tocId=9043319 (473 words)

	Maxim Gun
		The gun was first used by Britain`s colonial forces in the Matabele war in 1893-94.
		However, in the First World War, several of the minor European armies continued to use the Maxim Gun.
		In 1885 he demonstrated the world's first automatic portable machine-gun to the British Army.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWmaximgun.htm (473 words)

	Tribal Class Destroyers
		HMS Cossack, one of the fast Tribal class destroyers will always be remembered for the daring rescue of 300 prisoners of war from the German Altmark in Norwegian waters.
		HMS Cossack Built by Vickers Armstrong and launched on 8th June 1937 at the outbreak of War the Cossack served in Home waters and also in the Mediterranean.
		HMS Cossack, HMS Matabele and HMS Somali were sunk by U-boats.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /tribal_class.htm (473 words)

	Maxim gun - One Language
		It was adopted by the British Army in 1889, and first used by Britain`s colonial forces in the Matabele war in 1893-1894.
		The Maxim gun first saw significant action in the Russo-Japanese War, where both sides bought vast numbers of Maxim's guns.
		The 1906 version of the book Small Wars [1] notes that the Maxim gun is significantly more reliable than other guns of the period, a key issue with pre-1900 machine guns.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Maxim_machine_gun (531 words)

	Travelling in Africa African Travel Articles Zimbabwe Historical Timeline...
		The first Chimurenga (war of liberation) is extinguished by the end of the year and the settlers entrench themselves.
		The coalescence of the second Chimurenga led by the Matabele, Joshua Nkomo and the Shona, Robert Mugabe.
		The Matabele and Shona tribes unite in rebellion.
	www.africatravel.co.za /zimbabwe-historical-timeline_p3.html (292 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: Great Scots of Note
		When adventurer, imperialist and exploiter Cecil Rhodes became involved in the Matabele War in 1893, Loch unwillingly had to use British troops to support Rhodes' company.
		Regarded in his lifetime as a sainted figure, Livingstone is remembered as the first European to have gone to the heart of Africa and to have dispelled many erroneous notions as to the nature of the continent and of its inhabitants.
		Perhaps, in the climate of the times, Loch could not have prevented the so-called Boer War.
	www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/greatscots/l1.html (292 words)

	BY JINGO - Colonial History & Wargames Page
		Loch began reducing the Imperial forces in Matabeleland to 300 men by December 25th, and this force would be reduced to 50 men by March, 1894.
		Sir Henry Loch appears to have thought in more conventional terms of defeating the Ndebele impis and occupying territory to win the war.
		Only Dr. Jameson appears to have recognized that until King Lobengula was captured and forced to acknowledge his victors, the war was not over.
	www.geocities.com /cdferree/history/conquest/conquest.htm (292 words)

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