Women and children whose menfolk were still in the battlefield were subjected to starvation rations, which resulted in widespread disease and death.
Vhafamukadzi na vhana vhafariwa vha iswa dzi gammbani hune vha ḓo vha vho tou fombe khavho, hune u tambula na malwadze zwa vha zwo tou ḓadza shango.