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|p=18}}</ref> but it was renewed for a further ten years in 1915.<ref name=britannica>{{Harvnb | |p=18}}</ref> but it was renewed for a further ten years in 1915.<ref name=britannica>{{Harvnb | ||
|Encyclopædia Britannica | |Encyclopædia Britannica | ||
|2012}}</ref> Company officials also demanded that Lobengula cease the habitual raids on Mashona villages by Matabele '' | |2012}}</ref> Company officials also demanded that Lobengula cease the habitual raids on Mashona villages by Matabele ''impis'' (regiments). Enraged by what he perceived as slights against his authority, Lobengula made war on Mashonaland in 1893.<ref name=ferguson187>{{Harvnb | ||
|Ferguson | |Ferguson | ||
|2004 | |2004 | ||
|p=187}}</ref> Matabele warriors began the wholesale slaughter of Mashonas near Fort Victoria in July that year.<ref name=histsocietytimeline/> The Company organised an '' | |p=187}}</ref> Matabele warriors began the wholesale slaughter of Mashonas near Fort Victoria in July that year.<ref name=histsocietytimeline/> The Company organised an ''indaba'' (tribal conference) to try to end the conflict, but this failed. The First Matabele War had begun.<ref name=histsocietytimeline>{{Harvnb | ||
|History Society of Zimbabwe | |History Society of Zimbabwe | ||
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==Development== | ==Development== | ||
===Railways and the telegraph=== | ===Railways and the telegraph=== | ||
