XJF437980 The Matabele Insurrection: A false alarm in Bulawayo, townspeople rushing into Laager, published in \'The Illustrated London News\', June 6th 1896 (engraving) by Prior, Melton (1845-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Second Matabele war was as a result of the Ndebele people revolting against the authority of the British South Africa Company; This is now celebrated in Zimbabwe as the First War of Independence; The Ndebele forces laid seige to Bulawayo between March and late May of 1896 during which the townspeople sheltered in the defensive laager, or improvised mobile fort;); English, out of copyright.