Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



But whilst he was thus engaged the Soudanese 

 at Luba, numbering six hundred, escaped down 

 the east bank of the Nile, and made their way 

 towards Mruli. If they had reached that point, 

 in all probability the hitherto loyal garrisons of 

 Toro and Unyoro would have joined them, and all 

 would have been lost. Macdonald therefore hastily 

 pursued the mutineers and, overtaking them, de- 

 feated them near Lake Kioga. Then he returned 

 to Kampala, leaving in command Colonel E. G. 

 Harrison, who gallantly stormed their stockade at 

 Kabagambi. Colonel C. G. Martyr, v/ith a large 

 number of Indian troops, having arrived early in 

 1899, finally inflicted a heavy defeat on the 

 mutineers at Mruli, and later in the year Mwanga 

 and Kabarega were captured by Colonel J. T. 

 Evatt and deported to the Seychelles, where 

 Mwanga died in 1903. A garrison of Indian 

 troops was installed, and in 1899 Sir Harry 

 Johnston was sent out as a special commissioner. 



In March 1900, by the treaty of Mengo, the 

 young King of Uganda, Daudi Chwa, a son of 

 Mwango born in 1896, was accorded the royal title 

 of Kabaka, and regents were appointed to govern 

 during his minority. The British Government have 

 not only made him an annual allowance, but have 

 also provided him with an English tutor. The 

 illustrations show the boy king by himself and also 

 with his regents. 



In 1 90 1 the Protectorate was divided into six 

 Provinces; but in 1903 the Eastern and part of 



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