[Footnote 117: A remarkable stampede of about 1,100 horses took place one night whilst the troops were at the village. Owing to its being cold and rainy, the animals were driven, with some mules, into a paddock near camp. The mules later on caused the horses to stampede, when the whole started galloping wildly, _en masse_, round and round in a great circle, part of whose circumference lay within a few yards of the camp. The thunder of the rush as each time they swept madly by was positively deafening, much to the dismay of the reclining warriors. Once or twice they dashed through the picket lines, compelling the sentries to take refuge helter-skelter in camp for fear of being trampled to death. Not until dawn did the galloping cease, probably owing to sheer exhaustion. It was found that many of the animals had severely, and some even permanently, injured themselves by running into barbed-wire fences in the dark.] [Footnote 118: The foregoing took place although all the efforts of the Chief himself were on the side of law and order.] [Footnote 119: A Zulu word, meaning here 'affair.'] [Footnote 120: This officer's services were as follows: South African War, 1899-1902--In command Umvoti Mounted Rifles. Operations in Natal, 1899; Relief of Ladysmith, including operations on Tugela Heights; operations in Natal, March to June, 1900, including action at Laing's Nek; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to October, 1900; operations on the Zululand Frontier of Natal, September and October, 1901. Despatches, _London Gazette_, 16th April, 1901. Queen's medal with four clasps. King's medal with two clasps. C.M.G. The _Official Army List_, 1911. War Office. Wyman & Sons, Ltd., Fetter Lane, London, E.C.] [Footnote 121: Cd. 2905, p. 20.] [Footnote 122: General authority to administer martial law had, as in the case of McKenzie, been specially delegated to Leuchars by the Commandant. The latter had, in his turn, been deputed by the Governor to administer it. At a later date, the Governor decided to reserve to himself exercise of the authority granted to the Commandant.] [Footnote 123: One of these was Mjongo, but he was unable to attend, not having sufficiently recovered from his wounds. He was, however, subsequently tried by the Supreme Court, convicted and sentenced to death by hanging; the sentence was carried out in September.] [Footnote 124: Revocation took place on the 16th March.] [Footnote 125: There had been only two, viz. the two rebels captured by McKenzie's column on the 13th February.] [Footnote 126: Cd. 2905, pp. 32, 34.] VII. OUTBREAK AT MPANZA. Whilst McKenzie was demonstrating in the south-west, and Leuchars was similarly occupied at Mapumulo, a state of affairs was rapidly developing in the Mpanza valley,[127] not more than sixteen miles from Greytown, destined soon to alter the whole character of the situation.