EAST AFRICA.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 April 1917, Page 5

EAST AFRICA.

WSPAICH IltOM GENERAL SMUTS. v London, April 18. i The Gazette pulisheß a dispatch frorii General Smuts detailing the operations In German East Africa from October -28, 1918, to January 20, when he relinquished the command. , After mentioning the evacuation of 12,000 white troops at the end of 1916 Mug to the prevalence of malaria and JysenteTy, and their replacement by >ative% he emphasised that the success Mtherto achieved in a most trying and exacting campaign was mainly due to the unremitting effortls and resolute endurance of all ranks. He pays a high tribute to the work of the navy'and to the ready and effective assistance of the Governments of India, (South Africa, British East Africa, Uganda, and: Zanzibar. He details the services of the Indian Government, including keeping up the Bow of reinforcements, providing the fcntire food supply of the Indian troops, besides flour and certain stores for the British troops, also large quantities of }ther supplies. The Government of South Africa Jnaintained a steady flow of reinforcements, supplies, an enormous number of Colored many thousand horses, |gule.' od donkeys, hundreds of motortars. agUis, large quantities foodstuffs, and other supplies. All his deglands were executed.