THE WAR

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13652, 21 August 1916, Page 4

THE WAR

AFRICAN WARS. ; SUCCESSES IN EAST AFRICA. CALL TO 'NIK COLOURS. (Per Cable—rress- Association —Copyright,) (Aiislrnliiin anil N. 7.. Cable Association). Received August 20, at l.~> ji.m. LONDON, August; 19. A Belgian communique says: Colonel Molitor occupied Saint Aliehael'and pstahlislu'il communication with the British from Aluanza. The Anglo-Bel-jri.-uis ainl Belgian flotilla captured Kagoma ami L'djij. Colonel Alolitor occupied r'nlsclmgi, one linndred kilometers eastward of Kagoma. One hundred of .tke enemy were killed. • Some Germans were taken prisoner. Two ,115-milli-inetrc-naviil j;uns and other booty were ruptured. Received August 20, at !>."> p.m. JOIiANXI'ISmrRG, August I'll.. (.leneral Botha has appealed to' the recruiting committees to redouble their ell'orts in order to shorten the East African campaign, also for the reason •that the Imperial Government is anxious that the Overseas brigade should be reinforced when General Smuts's requirenuMits arc