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and I passed in, having been preceded by a number of Wankonde who drove 
out the cattle. Night had now fallen ; we had lost one Sikh and three Atonga 
killed, and Lieut, de Herries Smith severely wounded, besides one Sikh hospital 
assistant and five Sikhs and five native soldiers were more or less severely 
wounded. 
Nothing had as yet been seen of Mlozi. Every effort had been made 
to protect the women, no matter whether they were the Arabs’ wives or 
their slaves, and fortunately little or no loss of life took place amongst them. 
They were soon safely housed in our main camp and here they gave us valuable 
information as to the whereabouts of Mlozi. All search for this man in his 
dwelling, however, proved fruitless, and we were returning to our camp at 
night very disconsolate, when suddenly the rumour went up that he had been 
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captured and brought in by Sergeant-Major Bandawe of the Atonga. Bandawe 
soon appeared leading Mlozi captive and related the remarkable feat of his capture 
which was as follows :—-After the Sikhs and officers had given up searching Mlozi’s 
house Bandawe had remained behind feeling certain that there was some secret 
hiding place. After an interval during which he remained perfectly quiet he 
fancied he heard voices speaking underground. In the corner of the main room 
was a bedstead, and under the bedstead was an opening leading to an under¬ 
ground chamber. Crawling under the bed Bandawe heard Mlozi asking, “ Who 
is there?” Mimicking the voice of a Swahili, he replied “It is I, master,” and 
descended to the underground chamber, where he found Mlozi being guarded 
by a man with a spear. Bandawe had no weapon with him but threw himself 
on the man and wrenched his spear from him which he then ran through his 
body. Turning to Mlozi he threatened to kill him at once unless he followed 
him without resistance. Mlozi who was stupid with his wound did so, and he 
was safely brought into the camp by Bandawe. 
We had found out from some of the runaway slaves that during the 
