SOUTH AFRICA
UNION FORCE AJNIBUSHED
BOTHA INTERVIEWED
/Received Dec. 19, 9.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Dec. 18.
Germans ambushed Duncan MacKenzie's forces at Ga'riiab, in Luderitz Land, German South-West Africa, 'on Wednesday,; arid maintained.a furious rifle and machine .gun. fire for two 'and a-half hours. Mackenzie's force behaved with marked coolness, but strong Gennan reinforcements compelled them to withdi'aw. ... ; .. . . : General Botha, in an interview, said that Dutch loyalists had • discharged, a painful duty, and how wish the curtain to be rung down without controversy and reciimination. Regarding the ringleaders. General Botha said justice would ■be done. The last three months hadi been the saddest in his life, hunting down old comrades. He paid a tribute to General Smuts, who hadi done greater work than anybody. "Van der Linden will be court-mar-tialled at Pretoria for attempting. to organise a rebellion...
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLVIII, 19 December 1914, Page 5
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