EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
BUSH FIGHTING GERMAN RESOURCES !"Times" and Sydney "Suji" Services.) London, January 26. . A Cairo report says that the Germans' with the black troops showed remarkable skill and resource in bush fighting at an East African port, resulting in tho withdrawal -of a British landing fores. Ropes were hidden under paths, which when trodden upon moved flags and trees, giving the range and tho signal for heavy fire by sharpshooters md machine guns. Another stratagem was to place hives of wild bees stupefied by smoke near the bush tracks. Wires were adjusted and troops passing caused the hives to open, the infuriated bees stinging and blinding the soldiers 60 that they wero unable to hold their rifles.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2370, 28 January 1915, Page 5
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119EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2370, 28 January 1915, Page 5
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