Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Led by Major Patrick Forbes , the soldiers camped on the Shangani River about 25 m north-east of the village of Lupane on the evening of December 3 , 1893 .
Simplified: The column , led by Maj. Patrick Forbes , camped on the south bank of the Shangani River about 25 m north-east of the village of Lupane on the evening of December 3 , 1893 .