AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.
GERMAN EAST AFRICA. IMPORTANT BRITISH ADVANCE. ■V The Hich Commissioner reports:— LONDON, June "2 (8.50 p.m.). Regarding East Africa, - General Smuts reports: —"Our column operating on the Pangnni river arrived in front of the enemy position at chcni on May 22nd. The enemy m astride of the railway at a narrow neck betv.-oen the South Pare mountains and the river, and was strongly entrenched. After a reconnaissance on May 28th. tho principal trenchcs -were assaulted and carried with slight loss, as they worn insufficiently manned. . ; Tho_ enemy during the night retired to Js'ykomnli, blowing up Okowta bridge on the way. . The column, continuing its adranefc. reached'Buiko railway station.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15608, 5 June 1916, Page 8
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