We are glad to record the relief of Windhoek and
Okahanja by a company of the German South-West African Battalion, which apparently marched up after the defeat of the Bondelswarts, and drove the Hereros into the mountains which lie to the north. The Governor has returned from the south, and the reinforcements sent from Germany are be- ginning to arrive. It will be slow work to establish tran- quillity and effectively chastise the rebels, for there can be no peace till the natives are thoroughly conquered. It is still possible that the rebellion may extend to the Ovampa tribe, who live to the north-east, for Gobabis, the chief place still besieged, is in their territory. An Ovampa rising would probably be more serious than that of the Hereros, as their country is more remote and difficult to operate in.
