IN AFRICA
A GEJSTEEAI, STATEMENT. COST OF THE EEBEELION. AND OPERATIONS IN DAMABA LAND. ißy Telegraph.—Press Assn. Copyright) CAPETOWN, duly 26. General Smuts has estimated that the rebellion and the operations in Damara Land will cost £ 16,000,0U0. The casualty lists showed au almost identical number of English and Dutch names. General Botha stated that lie now knew that General Maritz had communicated with the German Government as early us 1913, and had received an encouraging reply. The Kaiser’s telegrams followed these negotiations. The natives under German rule hailed victory as a deliverance. General Botha expressed profound disgust at the German treatment of natives under their rule, and little value was attached to their lives.
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Southland Times, Issue 17484, 27 July 1915, Page 5
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114IN AFRICA Southland Times, Issue 17484, 27 July 1915, Page 5
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