THE ATTACK ON TANGA.
GERMAN ACCOUNT.
BRITISH LOSE HEAVILY.
! Amsterdam, January 1". I The Governor of German East j Africa has reported that two British j warships and 12 transports, on ; November 2,, demanded the unconditional surrender of the German territory at Tanga. The ships | landed in the vicinity one EuroI pean and four Indian regiments, j totalling 8000 men. The defenders I numbered 2000. After a three days' : battle the British were repulsed .' with severe losses and retreated to | the northward-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15821, 19 January 1915, Page 7
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82THE ATTACK ON TANGA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15821, 19 January 1915, Page 7
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