GENERAL SMUTS ENGAGES THE GERMANS.
SUCCESSFUL SKIRMISHES IN THE KILIMANJARO AREA. Tlie High Commissioner cables under date of London, March 10: — In Kast Africa, the troops commanded by General Smuts advanced agaiii3t Germans in the Kilimanjaro area. On Tuesday General Smuts seized the crossings over the Lnmi River, with insignificant loss. Several enemy counter-attacks were successfully repsiled. TAVETA OCCUPIED BY THE BRITISH. G3BMANS AND MACHINE-GUNS CAPTURED. (■Received 10.30 n.m.) LONDON, March 10. An official message from General Smuts announces that after tho occupation of Chalma, General Vandeventcr found Taveta, on tho frontier south-eißt of Kilima-ngaro, partially evacuated. Som9 Germans and mttchino-guae eurrq»<tei;d to General Berecger. We occupy Tavftft. '■
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 61, 11 March 1916, Page 5
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