RIVAL COMMANDERS
EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
SMUTS TO MEET OPPONENT
British Official Wireless.
EUGBY, 24th November.
General Smuts, who commanded the British troops in East Africa during the war, will, on 2nd December, meet his former adversary, General yon. Lettow Vorbeck, who commanded the German troops in that sphere of operations. The occasion will be the East African Campaign dinner. An invitation to General yon Lettow Vorbeck to attend the dinner and meet General Smuts was proposed when General Smuts was in London in 1923, attending the Imperial Conference, but fell through owing to General Smuts having insufficient time before returning to South Africa. Several British officers who had been in the East African campaign were consulted by Captain Lloyd, who was the originator of the proposal, and they were not only unanimous .but enthusiastic in approving an invitation to General yon Lettow Vorbeck.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 128, 26 November 1929, Page 9
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