'The Matabele War, 1893: Attack on the Laager of Wagons on the Imbembezi River, November 1', (1901). The First Matabele War was fought in 1893 between the British South Africa Company and the Ndebele (Matabele) people. The Battle of the Shangani was fought near the Shangani river on 25 October 1893, in what is now Zimbabwe. A large force of Matabele warriors attacked a column of the British South Africa Company, but were repulsed with heavy loss of life to the Matabele force. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]