With the object of relieving some of the men of Mackay's force, two squadrons B.M.R. and one squadron N.C.(D), were mobilized, and sent under Arnott to Dundee on the 18th.[250] Major Moe proceeded, at the same time, with the whole of the N.N.H. to Pomeroy, in order to bring rebels of Kula's tribe to book, also escort to Pomeroy Chief Makafula of Nqutu district whom Mackay had been directed to arrest. The arrest, however, was not made, as Mackay, who had been in close touch with the Chief, had good grounds for believing he was not disloyal, as supposed to be the case by those at a distance. In this view, Mackay was supported by the Magistrate. Whilst contemplating a demonstration in Silwana's location by Mackay's column from the Umsinga side, and by the U.F.F. from that of Greytown, Leuchars received a wire from O.C. Mapumulo reporting that his convoy had been attacked on the morning of the 19th at Oglesby's store, near Otimati, when one man had been killed and another wounded. He thereupon caused his forces to concentrate at Mapumulo as speedily as possible. Before describing the position at Mapumulo, a thickly-populated district which now became the principal focus of rebellion, it will be necessary to take up the threads once more at Nkandhla and narrate what happened between the action at Mome gorge (10th) and the outbreak at Mapumulo just referred to. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 241: Giving, roughly, a population of 18,000 souls, or about 2,500 fighting men.] [Footnote 242: The man referred to frequently in this history as Matshana ka Mondise.] [Footnote 243: Kula's uncle, Mtele, with the portion of the tribe that rebelled with him, formed part of the force that attacked Leuchars at Mpukunyoni.] [Footnote 244: It was made up of 200 N.C., Right Wing (Major A.C. Townsend); 160 N.M.R. (Capt. P.M. Rattray); N.F.A. (four guns) (Major C. Wilson); 55 N.R.R. (Lieut. A. McKenzie); and departmental details. When _en route_ to Helpmakaar, it was joined by the following Reserves: 80 Newcastle (Chief Leader Adendorff); 200 Estcourt (Chief Leader A.F. Henderson, C.M.G.); 55 Dundee (Chief Leader D.C. Uys).] [Footnote 245: His and Murray-Smith's men met near the Buffalo and moved back together to the latter's camp.] [Footnote 246: N.R.R. were relieved at Pomeroy on the 16th by D.L.I. (100) (Capt. W.P.M. Henderson), the latter having arrived at Helpmakaar on the preceding day from Dundee with a convoy of supplies.] [Footnote 247: Report, Colonel G. Leuchars, C.M.G., 23rd Nov. 1906.] [Footnote 248: That is, the lager, consisting chiefly of wire entanglements, erected about two miles from Helpmakaar.] [Footnote 249: By the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Africa.] [Footnote 250: Only, as will appear later, to proceed at once to Stanger.] XVI. CONCLUDING OPERATIONS, NKANDHLA.--VISIT OF DINUZULU'S INDUNAS TO PIETERMARITZBURG.--POSITION AT MAPUMULO.--ACTIONS AT OTIMATI AND PEYANA (HLONONO).