EAST AFRICA.
CAMPAIGN PRACTICALLY ENDED. REMNANT'S -HOPELESS POSITION. Received Nov. 30, 10 p.m. London, Nov, 30 A special correspondent at Ndan'da. states that the British «re still in eontact with Von Lettow's force, but General Van der Venter lias cut off Von Lettow's chance of doubling batk to" \\\i coast, He is'now faced wfth ; :ji';hopel<Mfe position and daily diminishing numbers. He has no military object except marauding raids. For all practical purposes the campaign onded with Tofel's surrender. The colony to-day is in British occupation.
The correspondent considers another campaign in order to clear the few surviving German elements in the rainy season as indefensible. The blockhouses will do all that 19 necessarv.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1917, Page 5
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