WEST AFRICAN FIGHTING.
SEQUEL TO THE MURDER OF A MISSIONARY. A thrilling story of native warfare in West Africa is related by Mr. L. Taylor, a .young South 'African, who recently reached Southampton. The trouble, he states, originated through the murder of a Liberiau missionary by Creoles, members of a. powerful tribe. ' Hostilities broke out about three months ago,' and the Creoles attacked Cape Palmas in strong force. The Liberians, though largely outnumbered, defended themselves gallantly and resisted- repeated attempts to rush the place. The natives were armed. with, the latest pattern rifles, and even had cannon. A message was sont to Monrovia, the capital, for reinforcements, but the Government were unable ,to raise men or procure arms, so the inhabitants of Cape Palm-as, including five Englishmen and three Germans, had to defend themselves- as bost they could. . After three days' fighting .Mr. Taylor succeeded in escaping overland and putting ont in a surf boat, tc a German steamer. His little craft was struck by shots, and those oil board had to lie fiat while the firing continued.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 800, 25 April 1910, Page 8
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178WEST AFRICAN FIGHTING. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 800, 25 April 1910, Page 8
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