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Updated: June 5, 2025
Among the bushes flitted the pattern of a shield, a clump of egrets, a whitened visage that seemed to lack a nose. The askaris' rifles rose, spouted fire, sank down with a click, rose, crashed again. Silence fell. The blue veil of smoke rose slowly, all in one piece. Then, without warning, came the charge.
The American reflects again that this is the other fellow's game, and that the other fellow has been playing it for some time, and that he ought to know. But he cannot yet see why the one hundred and fifty men. Again the Englishman explains. There is the Headman to run the show. Correct: we need him. Then there are four askaris. What are they? Native soldiers.
"That's the worst lot of so-called askaris I ever saw," he remarked. "Where did you pick them up?" His manner was entirely unconscious of any discussions or dissentions. He looked into her eyes and smiled genially. "I took them from the recruiting man, as they came," she replied. As always the deeps of her eyes were enigmatical; but the surfaces, at least, of her mood answered his.
He does not need askaris to guard him in this country. And where can he get potio for so many?" "Hullo!" cried Kingozi, surprised. "This is not porter's talk; this is headman's talk!" "In my own country I am headman of many people," replied Mali-ya-bwana with a flash of pride. "Yet you carry my tent load." But Mali-ya-bwana made no reply, fixing his fierce eyes on the distant crawling safari.
Here Cazi Moto came up in great perturbation to announce that two of the memsahib's porters were missing. The little headman did not understand how it happened, as he had zealously brought up the rear. Unless, of course, it was a case of desertion. Kingozi looked thoughtful, then ordered camp to be pitched. Accompanied by Simba, Mali-ya-bwana, and three askaris he took the back track.
"Your constitution is still sound if you would only respect it," was the comforting assurance. "Anything been heard of the rest of my party?" Dominey enquired. "Some bodies of Askaris have been washed up from the river," the doctor informed him, "and two of your ponies have been eaten by lions. You will excuse. I have the wounds of a native to dress, who was bitten last night by a jaguar."
"Remain here in camp awaiting further instructions from him or from me. If any come from the bungalow of the Englishman, tell them that I am very ill within my tent and can see no one. Now, give me six porters and six askaris the strongest and bravest of the safari and I will march after the Englishman and discover where his gold is hidden."
Notwithstanding the difficulties of a frontal attack, a Punjabi regiment stormed the defences, the Indians making terrific havoc with bombs. The Askaris broke and fled, the Germans alone putting up a fight until they were either killed or captured.
We were indeed in Africa; and the ostriches helped us to realize it. We finished breakfast and arose from our chairs. Instantly a half dozen men sprang forward. Before our amazed eyes the table service, the chairs and the table itself disappeared into neat packages. M'ganga arose to his feet. "Bandika!" he cried. The askaris rushed here and there actively.
For a quarter of an hour the one-sided action was maintained, then still under the covering fire of the machine gun a battalion of Askaris advanced at the double in company formation en échelon. Simultaneously a half-battalion debouched on the opposite side of the kraal. The front attack stopped dead, the Askaris in open order falling in heaps before the accurate fire of the trained Rhodesians.
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