SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.
LARGE FORCE ENGAGED. A letter has been received by Mr R. C. Tennent, manager of the InvercargiU branch of the Banlc of New South Wales, from his son Harold; who is a sergeant m the Natal Light Horse. The letter contains some interesting information with regard to events m South Africa. Writing from Capetown under date of October 6th, Sergt. Tennent mentioned that a small army was being mobilised to go to German South-west Africa, and expected to sail m- about ten days' time. At the time of writing there were already some thousands of troops operating there, but little had been heard of their doings. Just the day before 270 sick and wounded had arrived back at Capetown by boat, and the list of killed was beginning to assume, big proportions. The Natal Light Horse were looking forward to being m the thick of the fighting. It would appear from Sergt. Tennent's letter that there has been some fighting m German South-west Africa of whicn no news has been sent out by cable.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13540, 18 November 1914, Page 6
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177SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13540, 18 November 1914, Page 6
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