GERMAN EAST AFRICA.
CAPTURE OF TABORA.
RESCUE OF PRISONERS
(Renter's Message). 3LONDON, October 1 A Br-lgialt communique flays:—
"General Tombeun reports that when Tabora was raptured tho one-mr left 50 Europeans and" 300 natives dead. One hundred officers and non-eommifc.sioned officers and numerous natives- were' taken prisoners. Four guns were also' taken.
"The Belgians released 139 European prisoners of war or irrl-ernoes, of-whom 103 wore British. Thirty-five of the prisoner:, were missionaries, 30 being Fronuh missionaries."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3570, 3 October 1916, Page 6
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76GERMAN EAST AFRICA. CAPTURE OF TABORA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3570, 3 October 1916, Page 6
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