THE FRENCH IN AFRICA
FIGHTING WITH THE NATIVES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 19, 5.5 p.m. Paris, February 18. The Governor of French Equatorial Africa reports that the Sultan of Kakouti, who is hostile to France, has decided to migrate to the Egyptian Soudan with the whole population. Captain Meclat was sent to stop the exodus, and in a vigorous engagement decisively routed the Sultan, who was strongly entrenched, and captured the Sultan's three sons and many chiefs. Three hundred natives were killed, and 400 wounded. The French troops had eight slain and 18 wounded.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 243, 20 February 1911, Page 5
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94THE FRENCH IN AFRICA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 243, 20 February 1911, Page 5
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