IN EAST AFRICA.
CAPTURE OF TOBORA. THE ENEMY LOSSES. Reuter's Telegrams. LONDON, October 1. A Belgian communique says:— General Tombeur reports that when Tabora was captured the enemy left 50 Europeans and 300 native dead. One hundred oilicers and non-commissioned oilicers and numerous natives were taken prisoner. Four guns were also taken. The Belgians released 159 European prisoners of war or internees, of whom 103 were British. Thirtylive of the prisoners were missionaries, 30 being French missionaries."
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 826, 3 October 1916, Page 8
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77IN EAST AFRICA. Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 826, 3 October 1916, Page 8
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