WAR IN EAST AFRICA.
HEROIC ANGLO-BELGIAN ." t . DEFENCE AGAINST ODDS OF FIVE TO ONE (Times and Sydney Sun •Services'.) '..,. .. 7 LONDON, Noyember 23. A. point on .the Rivet, Saisi,. between Rhodesia and, German East Africa, was heroically defended--by ..Anglo-Belgian forces numbering 3007agajnst a mixed German force.of IqOO-dupng a ten, days'' siege. Despite the remoteness of the d".strict, the -Germans }y«re7\wondcrfully equipped with" IS cannon,'rockets, stars, and heliographs/ showing" pre-war preparations. The German* kept •up a tempestuous fire, and eapturew a British relief convoy. They "frequently .demanded the surrender of.-7 the .British and Belgians,, who fought,.'them off, and retired.,leaving 30 German7bpdie's and rows of native corpses.' 77'".. The Klver Saisi flows from Rhodesia into German East Africa. -It traverses a winding .valley cut out' of 'the high plateau between' Lelces Nyassa'and Tanganyika, and flows into Like Rukwa.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 280, 24 November 1915, Page 5
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