On the tenth day of the month of respect, Rajab, 1279*, my master returned to seek glory in Zanj.
However, he has fallen foul of those pox-ridden sons of jackals, slavers from Sudan to the north. We were peacefully camped, when we found ourselves under attack from these mangy dogs! Having realised they could not defeat us in a fair fight, these accursed slavers must have paid a good deal of silver or hongo to gain the services of the many tribesmen who sided with them. Against such numbers, our brave swordsmen and wangwana were hard-pressed to prevail!
Baker appears to have enjoyed far better fortune. With those fiendish slavers preoccupied elsewhere, he left Khartoum about six month ago in an effort to follow the course of the White Nile.
Position
|
Faction
|
Played
|
Won
|
Lost
|
Hongos
|
||
Gained
|
Lost
|
Total
|
|||||
1
|
Mangbetu
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
1
|
“Turks”
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
Ngoni
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
Ruga-Ruga
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
Smythe-Bletherington
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
Zanzibar
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
*Early 1863
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