IN AFRICA
A CLOSELY HONED ROAD. BOTHA’S NARROW ESCAPE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. LONDON, August 14. Deceived August 15, 1 p.tn. An officer who went through the South-West African campaign says that there were ten mines across a, roadway eight feet wide and three more on a railway lino. They would have killed everyone within a hundred yards. General Botha was nearly killed by the explosion of a mine which killed one of his attendants. IN THE AFRICAN COLONIES. TREATMENT OF GERMAN PRISONERS MADRID, August 11. The British Kmhassy denies the alleged cruelties to German prisoners in Togoland and the Caineroons. All have been transferred to Knropo. The women are returning to Durope and the missionaries were unmolested.
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Southland Times, Issue 17501, 16 August 1915, Page 5
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IN AFRICA
Southland Times, Issue 17501, 16 August 1915, Page 5
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