GERMAN RAIDS ON BRITISH POSTS IN AFRICA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15719, 21 September 1914, Page 6

GERMAN RAIDS ON BRITISH POSTS IN AFRICA.

ENEMY DRIVEN BACK IN NYASSALAND.

SYMPATHY OF NATIVE CHIEFS WITH BRITAIN.

(Received September 20. 7.20 p.m.)

Capetown, September 19.

A force of 250 Germans, with three Maxims, attacked the frontier post of Nakob, which was defended by eight police, one of whom was killed, one wounded, and three taken prisoners.

The main body of the Germans subsequently returned to German territory, leaving patrols to occupy the post and neighbouring kopjes. They captured all the cattle in the vicinity, and made the coloured people prisoners.

Details of the fighting which followed the German attack on the British station of Karonga, on Lake Nyassa, received from Nairobi, the capital of British East Africa, show that the British surprised the enemy in the morning, fighting throughout the day until nightfall. Their ammunition ran out, and they were compelled to retire, whereupon the Germans retreated, leaving their baggage and ammunition

The British replenished their ammunition and entered Kisii next morning. It is believed that the Germans retreated over the frontier.

At a meeting of the Pondo chiefs, Maseline, the paramount chief, authorised the sending of a message to the King expresisng their sympathy with Britain in her struggle to protect smaller nations-

The Pondo are a Kaffir people who have given their name to Pondoland, the country comprising much of the seaboard of Kaffraria, in Africa, immediately to the south-west of Natal. The Pondon, who number about 200,000, are divided into several tribal groups, but the native government, since the annexation of the country by Great Britain in 1894, has been subject to the control of the colonial authorities.