HIPPOS ATTACK BRITISH TROOPS.
Karlv thio vc; r. British troops, under Generals Dyke. Ly ill. and Shoppard. had a stubborn engagement with German Kast African troops at a place called Bcho-Beho. north of the Rutin River, where Captain Scions was killed. The enemy, tiioroughly defeated, made no further stand on this side of the river, and General Shepp'ird look the road bordering the Tagalaka Lake. On subsequent night. General Shcnpard bean io get h's men across the Ruhu in small boats (sues the " W a ' Illn-trat-ed") one ot which was suddenly atlaeked •>v hippopotami. A fieru> tighc cn-ned. t :e men using the'r bayonets, , nul t l l( > crossing was finally accomplished without loss.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 276, 18 May 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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114HIPPOS ATTACK BRITISH TROOPS. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 276, 18 May 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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