FIGHTING IN FAST AFRICA.
ENEMY- "(XJMPLETELY DEFEATED. (Australian ana N.Z; Cable Association.) (Reuter's .Telegram.) .•"•'■• ' liOND'ON, May 18. An East African* bmcial 'report mentions severe 'fighting 01V* May 5 westward of Nanunga, ; where ;the > 'bulk of tlie. German. -force is concentrated. •. . A 7smiaH body, of the7"K"inig'sv African Ri fl.es >n surprised'. •in important Gei'hian camp, and eiitered'it anil I : set the liuts on fir©. .".;•; :•:-.: V.- :' V ';»■ . The enemy - ; fiercely- - cqin^ter-^ttacked, heavily "onga^jng our, - force V^illV djiyj, at • close. quaHers-'^V V^o V eye'ntualj^r'* conipletely -defeased "Me ene'my, ,'c^ivirig Vfimi off northwards., with severe "losae& '.' ■ .* , m Von Lettow cbniin.ftjidod, tlie , force. 7 V7V. ,7 "... 7 ' '■• Oiii; convergent movement on. Nan u nga continues. ' '-* ' ..-'-.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14609, 20 May 1918, Page 3
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