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Battle of the Shangani
The Battle of the Shangani took place on 25 October 1893, during the First Matabele War in what is now Zimbabwe. A British column was attacked at night by a large force of Matabele, but repulsed them with heavy loss of life to the Matabele. It is noted for being the first battle in which the Maxim gun played an important role.
==Context==
The leaders of British Southern Africa Cecil Rhodes and Leander Starr Jameson had responded to a raid by the Matabele with force. A British column commanded by Major Patrick William Forbes was sent into Matabeleland. It advanced towards Bulawayo, the territory's capital. The force was made up of around 700 men of the paramilitary British South Africa Police, along with an unknown number of native auxiliaries. In addition to rifles, the column was equipped with five Maxim guns, three other rapid-fire guns, two cannon, and 200 rifles.〔Robert I. Rotberg & Miles F. Shore, ''The Founder:Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power'', Oxford University Press, New York, 1988, p.442.〕
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