EAST AFRICA.
ACTIVE OPERATIONS. GERMANS FORCED BACK. Received July 5, 11.40 p.m. London. July n. East African official: Th" enemy evacuated strongly lield positions southward of Xgnura river, retreating nins mile>. We advanced westward and south-westward of Linds and engaged a. utrong enemy detachment. We compelled a consideralde German force in the Soncea area to fall hack. The Belgians, co-operating with the Briti :i in the extreme north, pursued a sma'l enemy force. We, co-operating with the I'ortuguese. drove back tlie Germans who penetrated Portuguese East A l'i ii-a as far as ilie shores of Lake Tvassa and the Syassaland border.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1917, Page 5
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101EAST AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1917, Page 5
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