IN EAST AFRICA.
RECORD RAINY SEASON TREATMENT OF NATIVES London, Jan. 1. The London Gazette publishes a des-* patch from General Hoskins describing the operations in East Africa from January 20 to May 20. It deals mainly with the great difficulties of the rainy season, which was the wettest for many years, seriously hampering operation* bv 'interrupting communication, causing a great increase in malaria and dysentery, and necessitating the withdrawal of Europeans and South Afrean units. It was al«o iic"?oß.uarv to substitute native carriers and mechanical transport for animal transport, and also greatly to increase the medical services. General Tloskins pays a tribute to the rcadv help given by the Governments of India, South Africa. British East Africa, Uganda, and Zanzibar, and especially thanks the Commander-in-Ohief in India for his readiness to meet his many demands. He also refers with appreciation to the spirit and keenness of the troops, to the work of the technical units, itlie supply transport, and medical services. and the assistance given by the 'mercantile marine and the navy. The despatch emphasises that the enemy suffered less than did the British from the difficulties of the rainy season because his whites were more acclimatised and his native soldiers were indigenous to the country. Moreover, he was operating on interior line? with veteran troops, and his power of living on the country was accentuated by the fact that while the British took and paid, for only what the villagers could spare, the Germans did not scruple to take all, and. after using the men, women, and children, as porters, they sent them hack starving, thus increasing the difficulties of the advancing British.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1918, Page 8
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275IN EAST AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1918, Page 8
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