Further engagements are reported from outside Bulawayo, invariably ending in
the victory of the British, whose plan is to drive in the enemy upon their position in the Matoppo hills. The column with Mr. Rhodes advancing from Gwelo has not yet reached the capital, but communication with it is open, and a speech from Mr. Rhodes, delivered at Pongo, has been telegraphed, in which he congratulates Afriks,nders and British upon their victory, and promises land to all who desire to possess it. The Matabeles fight fairly well, but they appear wholly unable to resist cavalry, who on their side keep on charging as if their enemies were a mere mob who, if ridden down, must disperse. The energy of the British mounted infantry and settlers is beyond all praise, but it is impossible to resist a sensation of pity for the savages, murderers though they are, or the thought that reading of such" battles "one understands how Cortez and his Spaniards defeated ten times their number of Mexicans. The Matabeles are to be driven out of their hill positions, and then the great routes will be studded with small forte, connected by telegraph- wires, and all settlers expected to turn out on the first sum- mons, receiving freehold farms in payment. That is the way the Normans held England against the Saxons, and the English held New York against the Indians, and, granted invaders who mean lighting, it rarely fails. It succeeded even in New Zealand, where the Maories understood stockade. building, and fought with a desperation which the Matabeles have not yet displayed.
