EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10108, 16 October 1917, Page 5

EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.

GERMANS CORNERED AT LAST. LONDON, Oct. 2. Reuter's correspondent in East Alrica cables that the Germans are now confined in a comer of the colony. They have concentrated as if for a final stand. They have impressed into their service South Africans, Portuguese and Belgians. The net is daily being drawn closer around them. The difficulty of feeding our troops, which was so great in the early portion of the campaign, has now been obviated by the possession of sea bases at Kilwa and Litidi, aucl there is no longer a shortage of food. Reuter’s correspondent at Ossindyo (East Africa) states that the rounding up of the Hun forces is most vigorously, effected. It is significant that the Germans have abandoned lour men, not seriously wounded, and told them to surrender, as they were not likely to bo able to servo again before the conclusion of the war. The Indian cavalry has been invaluable for the outflanking work, destroying many German food depots. Ihe Nigerians captured Mawcrongc. killing the largest number of wliite Germans in any single engagement of the campaign. One German sjamboked his platoon against our machine guns and fell with four bullets in his brain. A post captured on the Portuguese border is important, because it was the only remaining source of the enemy’s salt supp]y.