IN AFRICA
EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. TANGA OCCUPIED. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) LOXDOX, July 10. Received July 11, 6 p.m. The Press Bureau reports that General Smuts occupied Tanga on the Tth. The enemy made slight resistance, hut destroyed the waterworks before evacuation. (Tanga is one of the most important coastal towns in German East Africa, having a population of 5000. It is about 50 miles south of the border).
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Southland Times, Issue 17783, 12 July 1916, Page 5
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73IN AFRICA Southland Times, Issue 17783, 12 July 1916, Page 5
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