Kigezi Position 



A note was left by the commanding officer to say 

 that five hundred of the Congo force were in position 

 on our Hne of advance. He had gone on to select an 

 opposing position with his Sikhs. Overjoyed at the 

 news, we immediately ordered a rough repast while 1*^ 

 there was an opportunity of satisfying our pathetically 

 empty interiors. Just as we were about to com- 

 mence, orders arrived to advance. Tantalus could 

 scarce have been more disappointed of his grapes 

 than we were at that moment, as we fell in and 

 marched on into the next valley, where there was 

 some more water, and encamped there. Sitting 

 down, we swallowed our postponed repast in a 

 very hasty manner, and afterwards our Command- 

 ing Officer took us along the main ridge, and we 

 discussed the various dispositions to be taken with 

 a view of entrenching it against attack. The view 

 from this ridge is worth describing, as from its 

 top one could obtain a general view of the whole 

 M'fumbiro district. A view of the ridge held by 

 the British troops in the M'fumbiro district, and 

 called the Kigezi position, is given, taken from the 

 end of the valley at the back of the position. 



Picture to yourself a ridge, long and high, over- 

 looking a splendid and fertile plain, studded here 

 and there with quaint crater-shaped knolls, with 

 many a picturesque native village nestling at their 

 feet, each furnished with granaries stored from their 

 ample crops. One could also see in the distance 

 small heaps of peas showing an abundant crop; 

 the peas are gathered thus into heaps before 



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