Pressured by Native Minister John Bryce, the government finally acted in late October 1881 while the sympathetic Governor was out of the country and stormed the village with almost 1600 troops at dawn on 5 November 1881.
The government was pressured by Native Minister John Bryce. The government finally acted in late October 1881. The sympathetic Governor was out of the country. The sympathetic Governor stormed the village with almost 1600 troops at dawn on 5 November 1881.