📧 Communication

This document is page 151 of a manuscript or historical text (Bates stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018383) detailing the 1893 Battle of the Shangani between British forces and the Matabele led by Lobengula. It describes the decisive use of machine guns by the British, the subsequent massacre of the Matabele forces, and includes a quote from Lobengula pleading to Queen Victoria. The text contextualizes this within 19th-century imperialism, mentioning Cecil Rhodes and the 'Convergence Club.'