THE CAMEROONS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8852, 1 October 1914, Page 6

THE CAMEROONS

OPERATIONS CONSIDERABLE TERRITORY SECURED. CAPETOWN, September 29. Semi-official. Operations in the Cameroons have been successful as in Togoland. The Anglo-French troops have already captured the greater part of the territory ceded in 1911OFFICIAL STATEMENT The Prime Minister has received the following message from London: LONDON, September 28. Official.—The operations of the British naval forces on the West Coast of Africa have resulted in the unconditional surrender of Duala. the capital of the Cameroons and Bonaberi, to Anglo-French forces under a Brigadier -General. [The German Cameroons, or ■ Earner un. of which Duala ii the chief port, is on the Gulf of Guinea, just north of the equator. Its area is 191,130 square miles, and its population over two and a half millions, of whom less than 2000 are white. The country grows many tropical products—cocoa, coffee, rubber, kola, ivory, palm oil, ebony, and other -hardwood, and various -spices which are cultivated. Cattle are reared with success on the inland plateaus, where the climate is much less severe than on the fever-stricken coast. In 19X1, the French, in return for German recognition of the French protectorate in Morocco, ceded to Germany a largo area of French Equatorial Africa, forming additions to the south and west of the Kamerun. The area thus ceded was 107,270 square miles, Germany at the same time giving France 6450 square miles from the northern part of the Kamerun.] AUSTRIAN LOSSES CASUALTIES TOTAL 210,000. ‘ l Times■ , and Sydney “Sun” Services. (Received September 30, 5.40 p.m.) LONDON, September 30. An Italian war correspondent who accompanied the Austrians to Lemberg confirms the report that the Austrians lost 60,000 killed and 150,000 wounded. TOTAL TO THURSDAY LAST HUGE RUSSIAN CAPTURES. (Received October 1, 0.40 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, September 29. Telegrams from Vienna state that it is semi-officially admitted that against the Russians, the Austrians have lost, up to Thursday; Killed 160,000 Wounded 200,000 Prisoners 200,000 Guns 000 As their supply of quickfirers has been exhausted, the Austrians are now relying on obsolete cannon. OFFERS JF HELP FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS. The Prime Minister has received the following further contributions to the jatriotio fund .£ s d Residents of Waercngahika, Gisborne (fourth instalment) 35 0 6 Tuapeka County Council 200 0 0 Mataura defence fund (third instalment, proceeds of sale of heifer donated by John Hastie) 5 12 b Bulls patriotic fund (fifth instalment) 3 5 0 Winton patriotic fund (fifth instalment, collected by Hill’a patriotic skating carnival)... 70 0 Heriot patriotic fund (second instalment) 10 11 0 Whaugarei patriotic committee 700 0 0 Wairoa County Racing Club 25 0 0 Cheviot defence fund (third instalment) 18 5 0 Belarus Sound and " district Havelock (fifth instalment) 16 0 ■Whakatane County patriotic fund (fifth instalment) ... 40 6 6 J. L. Adams treasurer Moana fund. Stoke 100 0 0 T° HELP THE NEEDY MAYOR'S WAR DISTRESS FUND. £ e. d. Amount previously acknowledged . 2120 10 5 Proceeds of first sale of cocker spaniel pups ; 15 0 "A Sister” - 0 10 0 Total 7. £2122 5 5 The following amounts have been received at the “New Zealand Times" office: — £ e. d. Previously acknowledged 9 8 6 “Obips” •• 0 10 0 Proceeds art union of two pictures, per J.M.S. 5 0 0 Total £l4 18 6