At the beginning of the next year Captain Lugard was
reinforced by a new expedition under Captain Williams.
A fort was built at Kampala^ commanding Mengo, the
residence of the King. In August of the same year the
Mahomedans attempted a new rising, and it was decided
to drive them out; of the I country. Protestants and
Catholics .coalesced against them, the British officers
gave their support, and the Mahomedans were expelled.
Captain Williams then returned to the capital, while
Fort.
.T H E FO R T ,O F KAMPALA FROM TH E SOUTH.
The Soudanese Quarters are on the slope of the hill.
Captain Lugard, who had followed the Mahomedans,
pushed further into the interior. After traversing the
southern part of Unyoro he reached Lake Albert Edward
Nyanza; then, circling round the Ruwenzori mountains,
he marched as far as Lake Albert Nyanza. At Kavalli’s
(rendered famous by Stanley’s expedition) he found
the greater part of the Soudanese, who had refused
to follow Emin Pasha when he evacuated the equatorial
provinces. Under the command of Selim Bey they had
established themselves on the Albert Nyanza. Shortly
before the arrival of Captain Lugard Emin Pasha had
come to Kavalli’s, but none df his old men would join
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