IN THE OUTPOSTS OF THE EMPIRE
FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA details' of the karonga affair Nairobi, September 18. ■--. Details of. the Karonga 'fight show :' that the. British surprised the enemy ■ in the morning. There was fighting throughout the day to nightfall. Ammunition ran out; and the British sere compelled to retire, whereupon the Germans retreated leaving their baggage and ammunition wagons. '" '"The British' their am- ■ munition and entered Kisii next morn- ' ing! It is believed that the Germans ■ > retreated' over the frontier. . GERMAN RAID ON A LONELY POST. FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA. (Roc September 20, 3.30 p.m.) Cape Town, September 18. Two hundred and fifty Germans, with three maxims, attacked the frontier!
post of Nakbob, 1 which was defended by eight, police, whereof one- was killed, one wounded, and three taken prisoners. The Germans subsequently returned- to their own territory, leaving patrols to occupy the post and tho neighbouring kopjes., They ■ captured aIL the cattle in the vicinity, and took coloured people prisoners. ''•LOYALTY- OP PONDO CHIEFS. (Rec. September 20, 3.30 p.m.) Cape Town, September 18. At- a meeting of the Pondo chiefs, Maiseline, the paramount chief, authorised a message to the King expressing sympathy with the struggle to protect the smaller nations. BOER CONTINGENT FROM SOUTH AFRICA. (Rec. September 20, 3.30 p.m.) Johannesburg, September 19. Commandant F;»dcricks; commander of the Scandinavian contingent during the Boer war, has offered Earl Kitchener the services of a. thousand picked men. ~..''..'':
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2260, 21 September 1914, Page 6
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