Africa

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 46, 29 May 1916, Page 5

Africa

THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN. GENERAL SMUTS’ ADVANCE. United Pbbbh 'Association. London, May 27. Official: General Smuts’ advanced troops occupied without opposition the River Laager, twenty-six miles southward of Kahi, on the Nsambara railway to Lembeni, and on the same railway to Ngulu, south-eastward of Lembeni. Renewed enemy activity is reported from the Kondoa Irangi area. WORK IN THE SUDAN. London, May 27. The War Office states that the attitude of Aledinar, Sultan of Darfur, towards the Government of the Sudan was for some time unsatisfactory and truculent. He concentrated a force at Jebelehella, on the Kordofau frontier, hut Colonel Kelly, with a mixed force of all arms, deleated him at the village of Berincia, twelve miles northward of El Fasher’s Aledinar’s capital. The enemy, numbering between two and three thousand, were strongly entrenched, but were induced to quit their position. They attacked us with Jthe utmost rapidity and desperation, but mot a withering lire. Some few penetrated to within a few yards of our lino, but wo counter-attacked, inflicting losses estimated at 1000. Our losses were five killed and twentythree wounded. Before and during tlie action an officer of the Flying Corps, by means of bombs and mach-ine-gun fire, forced a large body of cavalry and then two thousand infantry to retire in disorder. The officer, who was wounded by a bullet hi the .thigh, returned safely to Abiad. We have occupied El Fashar.