AFRICA.
SMUTS' CLEAN SWEEP. London, August 17. General Smuts, advancing on the lfith .from the Ngurn Mountains, overcame xjiglii opposition and readied the junction of the principal "tracks to Mrogoro ami Kilossa. Our columns are now clear of the. difficulty of hilly country, and only 25 miles of open steppe separate us from the central railway. Colonel Van Dcr Venter, further westward, occupied Mpapua and is moving towards Kilossa. , Our naval brigade on the loth occupied the important military coastal station at Bagamojo, ,'JO miles northward of Dar-cs-Salaam.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1916, Page 5
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88AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1916, Page 5
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