The French in Africa.
Our. cablegrams tell us pf a FWnfch victory in Senegambia. 1 ' Ttt& rj itMHt have arisen from an ojjibrgak of the Native popiilatjon as Jlene&ainbia is a French possession in Africa lying on the extreme western projection of that .continent. Franca ftagghpwever a much larger stake in that country as by treaty with England^ she practically secures control, frorn^ the mouth of the Niger to Lake Chad and thence northwards to the Mediterranean of the whole of the
land lying west of that line, except the British possessions of Gando, Sokoto atld Borriu, and Some small Italian claims.
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Manawatu Herald, 31 July 1894, Page 2
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102The French in Africa. Manawatu Herald, 31 July 1894, Page 2
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