ROUND-UP IN EAST AFRICA
Fj ' FIGHTING ON NEW YEAR'S DAY . London; January; 10. r -. In East Africa the fighting on New! u Year's Day spread over a, front of 20 miles. General Sheppard's Indian troops attacked on tho west flank and \. drove"' the enemy but of two elaborate • t- lines of entrenchments. The enemy & consisted mostly of Askaris; they en* [ 0 countered a .cleverly-disposed Indian force during their retreat, and bloody, . hand-to-hand fighting ensued. The Askaris thrico charged with tho bayonet, showing excellent discipline and sound military qualities, but , the Indians ' counter-charged and drovo the A&karis into tho high rank grass. The losses on both sides were sovere.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Aseji. . ■ . ij ■ —: ;, ' . - .-.;-.•.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2975, 12 January 1917, Page 5
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111ROUND-UP IN EAST AFRICA Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2975, 12 January 1917, Page 5
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