Africa.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 59, 9 July 1915, Page 5

Africa.

The brilliant campaign which General Botha has now almost concluded, and which has resulted in the addition to the British Empire of one of the finest of the German colonies ,is in itself evidence of the solidarity and loyalty of those who ilve under theshadowing wings of the Union Jack. The main difficulties which General Botha had to encounter were those which would beset a foe who endeavoured to march across Australia from the Northern Territory. A long sea voyage, a strip of arid desert, a country for the most part devoid of roads and railways, and an absence of water. To this has to be added every diabolical device which the Germans could invent. Poisoned wells, infected camps, foul practices of the most pronounced type, all helped to make the exepedition one of difficulty, and were some of the conditions with which General Botha's forces have been confronted in their march to Windhoek, and thence to the northern boundaries of tbe colony. That the expedition has resulted in a triumphant victory for the South African Union forces is a matter for general congratulation, and in particular to the former Boer General who so loyally caried it to success.