The Pioneer Column was a force raised by Cecil Rhodes and his British South Africa Company in 1890 and used in his efforts to annex the territory of Mashonaland, later part of Zimbabwe (once Southern Rhodesia). == Background == Rhodes was anxious to secure Matabeleland and Mashonaland before the Germans, Portuguese or Boers did.
The Pioneer Column was a force raised by Cecil Rhodes and his British South Africa Company in 1890 and used in his efforts to annex the territory of Mashonaland, later part of Zimbabwe (once Southern Rhodesia). == Background == Rhodes was anxious to secure Matabeleland and Mashonaland before the Germans, Portuguese or Boers did.
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