. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. 74 BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. JOHN W. MOIR reinforcements were received. Mr. Nicoll arrived from Tanganyika and the little steamer Ilala returned from South Nyasa bringing Consul O'Neill, of Mocambique, and Mr. Alfred Sharpe and two other gentlemen who had decided to come to the rescue of the Europeans threatened by the Arabs. Karonga was attacked and besieged for days though the Arabs were finally repulsed after desperate fighting ; but eventual
. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. 74 BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. JOHN W. MOIR reinforcements were received. Mr. Nicoll arrived from Tanganyika and the little steamer Ilala returned from South Nyasa bringing Consul O'Neill, of Mocambique, and Mr. Alfred Sharpe and two other gentlemen who had decided to come to the rescue of the Europeans threatened by the Arabs. Karonga was attacked and besieged for days though the Arabs were finally repulsed after desperate fighting ; but eventually the British position became untenable, and after communicating the news of his dangerous situation to the Manager at Mandala, Mr. Fotheringham, Mr. Nicoll, and the others who had joined them, decided to with- draw with the Wankonde chiefs into a part of the country where they would be better sheltered from the Arab attack. They removed most of their goods in canoes, abandoned the station at Karonga, and remained in the country at the extreme north end of the lake until reinforce- ments arrived. Amongst the volunteers who came to their aid, were Mr. Consul Hawes and Mr. John Moir. The arrival of these slight reinforcements and the aid of five thousand natives enabled Mr. Fotheringham to attack, enter, and partially destroy Mlozi's stockade at Mpata (in which attack both Mr. Alfred Sharpe and Mr. John Moir were wounded). But the native allies abandoned the stockade after having loaded themselves with loot and the whites had to retreat without consummating their defeat of the Arabs by the destruction of all their stockades. After this all the volunteers returned to South Nyasa and Messrs. Fotheringham, Nicoll, and Kerr Cross lived for a time at Chirenje, to the north-west of Karonga, while the Arabs regained to some extent their former position, though they never were able actively to assume the offensive. Early in March, more volunteers returned to North Nyasa. With them came
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