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IN EAST AFRICA

FURTHER PROGRESS BY GENE

RAL SMUTS'S FORCES.

The High Commissioner reports:— LONDON, 16th June, 8.20 p.m. General Smuts reports to-day that portion of General Hoskins's column, under Brig.-General Shep.pard, reached Kwedizwa, six mile 6 north of Hendeni, on Thursday. A considerable German force is reported to be entrenched near the water supply at Hendeni.

Simultaneously, Brig.-General Hannygton's column, advancing along the railway, occupied an important station at Korogwe, securing a wagon bridge over the Pangani River. .

At Lake Victoria, our forces occupied the Island of Ukerewe, north of the German port of Mwanza, capturing two Krupp guns and some stores.

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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 6

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IN EAST AFRICA Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 6

IN EAST AFRICA Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 6