STC361088 The Matabele War, 1893: Attack on the Laager of Wagons on the Imbembezi River, November 1st, from \'The Illustrated London News\', 1901 (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton (1825-55) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The First Matabele War (1893) between the British South Africa Company and Ndebele (Matabele) people; A Laager was an improvised wagon fort used by travellers in South Africa to protect themselves from attack; This possibly shows the events of 1st November 1893, the first battle of the war, when a laager was attacked a few miles from the Bembesi River;); The Stapleton Collection; American, out of copyright.