AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15605, 1 June 1916, Page 7

AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS.

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

SUCCESSES IN THE SOUTHWEST.

IMPORTANT CAPTURES. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, May 30. General Northey reports that operations on May 25th. against New Langenburg were successful. Wo occupied the town, capturing much ammunition. food, and stores. "\Ve invested the enemy's garrison at Mamwa, 23 miles to the north-eastward of Abercorn. Now Langenburg is about 20 miles north of the head of Lake Nyasa, and about 32 miles north of the Songwe river, which forms the eastern end of the boundary between '-Nvasaland and German territory. Abercorn is one of the most northerly stations in Northern Rhodesia, and lies about fifteen miles south-east of the southern end of Lake Tanganyika. M*amwa is on the north side of the Kalambo river, which marks the frontier as far as its confluence with the lake. THE WESTERN SOUDAN. CO3IPLETE VICTORY IX DAR FUR,

THE SULTAN'S PLIGHT. The Hibh Commissioner reports:— LONDON,.-May 30 (2.55 p.m.). The completeness of the victory over Alj Dinar, the Saltan of I>ar l ,r ur, is confirmed by a further telegram from the Sirdar. All of the .-sultan's best troops and commanders were present. Most, of the latter surrendered or weiu accounted for. Disarmament is proceeding satisfactorily. The morning following the battle onr

aeroplanes bombed a large body of men fleeing with. Ali Dinnr. The latter had a following of three hundred, who wore t'aeed l>y a .} otirrey of a day and a half acros the waterless desert before they could reach Jcb-el-Marra. ("Tunes" and '"Svducv Sun" St>rvicc«.l LONDON, May .SO. Cairo reports state that vhe subjugation or' l)ar l'ur was due to the tine work of the Egyptian Army. Coionel Kelly's column occupied the capital, this operation completing the consolidation of the Soudan. According to a War Office statement received on Sunday, the attitude of Ali Dinar. Sultan of Dar Fur. towards the (Jovernment of the Soudan, has for some time been unsatisfactory and tructi!en:t. The Sultan concentrated a force at on the .lvordofan frontier. Colonel Kelly, with a mixed force of all arms, defeated the Miltan's troops at the village of Berinr-ia. twelve miles northward of EI Fasher, Ali Dinar's capital, which was snhse(pieni'v occupied. El Tasher is 010 miles tvest by south of Khartoum. Jeb-el-Marra is further to the westward.