Africa
ENEMY'S STRONG POSITION
WELLS POISONED IN THE DESERT.
Received 5, 7 p.m. Capetown, April 5.
The enemy's defences at Aus were elaborate. The trenches were deep and well designed, and there was a fine telephonic system involving thirty miles of <wire. There, were, gun emplacements and sunken mines and entanglements. The "Union troops had a stiff task in covering fifteen miles of sandy desert from Garub to Aus. The wells were poisoned with carbolic solution. The enemy •posted a notice on the well, indicating that the wafer was undrinkable. The ■enemy depleted stores and burned much material. The troops bad a miraculous escape. Gun wheels passed within a few inches of mines. The bodies of Several Hottentots wctc found hanged.
HERMANS DRIVEN BACK
Received April 5. 7 p.m. Livingston' l fSn'ttli Afri«o. Attril •"> A Combined Belgian and British pt"o1 attacked German raiders north of AWcorn and drove them back across the frontier. Several were killed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 254, 6 April 1915, Page 5
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