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OPERATIONS IN RHODESIA.Town towards the end of June.. by

The report, deals frally with operations in the West. These were directed mainly to prevent a possible hostile incution from German South West Africa, un event, which happily did not materialise, Du the North-Eastern border the report chronicles inay sharp actions during the

December 23rẻ thế “Mimi and "the Toutou" as the boats, were named, had

VISITORS AT THE HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL.·

Mr Guidon

Lavallee

Mr. and Mr. J.

Leiria

Dr

My March 10th of this year the High her actully launched on the Lake, Mr G. E. Anderson and Mm E. E Comalssioner for South Afries furnished (and three days later the fral action wakisa A. G. Anderson Jacobson family, 4 rapers on military stairs in Blindesin, fought,

Mr and Mrs J.W.ME.M. Joseph and the operations of the hostesian Notwithstanding the precautions that Mr Dea & Archhutti and Mrs. J. Appleton Mr M. R. de Journel Farces from the outbreak of war to theit is dithent to believe that the enemy Mr J. H. Baring De F. 1. Seyt.

were taken to keep the expedition a secret. Mr H. Murray Bala Kershaw end of 1918. -

rrived no waming of its despatch. Ats and Miss Harry Mr & Mrs 0. Kitts They probably heard of it, but refused

Me and Mrs H. Mr J. F. H. Klaft to take it seriously. Am cartainly it Mrs E. P. Belilios Lenritzen

Baxter and child-Mr and Mrs D must have seemned to them, at first sight, Mr C. D.J. B

harebrained enterprise. After being Capt. Bentley

Bell lusided at Cape Town the boats liad Mr J. D. Birrell Me R. J. Birbeck the taken 2,3 miles by train via Hula-Hr 8. T. Ritting

wayo and livingtone, to mil-head North Mr and Dire A. L

Mrs N. Leslie and

children of Elizabethville in the Belgian Can Bowerman Mr C. Little

Miss B. Lesbe anter of 1914 in the neighbourhood reaprocions roads, over eountry 'varying inept & Mrs Branch Mr S. Longfield

Next, followed 130 files of haulage. by M E the Abercorn and File posts. These posis altitude from: 2,000 to 15,000, feet, Then MH. 8. Burgers, Mr G. Ludin

W.G. Browell Capt. B.P. Longland received much needed retaturtements, another journey, on trucks or a short &NB including a Belgian battalion in Decem-section of milway. Then the boots were Mr & Mrs Carpmaele and Mes F Major D. Maclonald ber. A considerable sansat of fightingcated 400 miles down the Lualaba River Mrs Pinkett-Cale

M

Men O took place the following spring and rasy, and for the rest on lighters. Capt. M. Courtney Mr. E. Maslin

and under their own power for part of the Colborn

Mr J. D. Courtney Marriott Shoals and rocks abounded, and barrals Capt F E. Cowan Mr H. van Meines In the course of March, April, 3ay bad to be lashed under the beats to reduce Mr M. S. Cowan

Mr. J. Merech Capri June, 1915, a tumber of salt their draught. The Bipal stage of the Mrs. B. Cressy Mr E Mopin

and child

Mr J. & Nicolson engagements took place. In one of these was by rail again to the small Mr W, B.Davenport Capt and Mrs I bient. Stannis Irvine, of the Northern way up the western shore of the. Ļaku.

Belgian harlour of Takuga, about half-Me. Duncan * D'Oliveyra Rhodesia Rides, was mortally wounded

MAC W. Falk Mr U. Olsen The first encounter with the enemy Ma W. T. Fenn

Mr A. E. Fearnley Mr G. Osborne while galluntly leading a successful attack took place on December th. At 9 am.

Mr F: R. Pendleton on a stockaded position.

and Mrs. F. C. Mrs G. E. Ponne On another the German ganhost “Kiangani, a vessel * Fliches but father occasion the enemy attacked a

of 30 or 40 toas armed with one gun, Mr and Mrs M. LaMr and Mrs J patroi of Belgians and Rhodai police with from Lukaga steaming south, and the Mr.if Gaulois

was sighted about seven miles distant

Frosdeville Mr J. F. Gale rest determination, but were eventually in and the "Touton "immediately [drivep off after an engagement lasting set out to attack her. The enemy having

about two hours. Sous-elBeer Yere

nd gan uft, the Mims attacked her chueren "behaved with great gallantry opened with high explosire shelf from from astern, and, having got the range, He refused to leave the firing line, her 3-pounder Hotchkiss. The first shelt. although twice wounded, and finally he struck the " Kinyani's ** gun-shield,, ki Me G. Harper M.H.M. Spit

Br

Goulbourn

Mr & Mrs J. Gould Mrs G. O. Hazen

Mr and Mes W... Capt. T.P. Hall Me J. S. Hamilton

Hannibal

Miss P. Resy Mr E. H. Ray

Mr G. V. Risch

Prentice

Mra M. S. da Rocha Mr W. J. Baligman

Mrs M. Stade Mr and birs W. C.

Mr E. B. Smith Mr A. W. P. Spiers

Shiner and child

was killed. His hedly was carried out of ing the two mag at the gun and the Mr D. Haskell netion by Senfer Serjeant Borazi, of the remainder of the crew surrendered. and Mr D. Hewitt

Captain. After a few more shots the MR. Hausmann J. Stalker

Ms Heming Mr A. W von der Lielgian Forees, and Serjeant Mwamber the Kingua was taken into harbour Mrs A. E. Hodgins Mrs Stevens

Star of the Northern Biodesia Police. Betri sinking condition. She was soon Mr and Mrs. Paul Mr C. Templeton Lof these men Showed, conspicuous bravery, fed on her, and, ne 318. Fis," she rW.E.Hoogewerff Mr M. P. de Veyra

repaired. A 12-pounder gun was mount. Hoffman

Hodgson

Mr F. G. Thompson. Mr & Mrs Aer and Serjeant Boruzi was wounded.*** proved a waitable addition to the British Mr. Shalton HocporMr and Mrs H. W

Capt. La Hussey Waterfall

C. D. Jackson Mr.G..G. Wood Capt. and Mrs R. M: C. R. Watkins

Inner

Mr.R.W. Waymouth

Mr L. R. Yangco

This fighting culminated in the attack

buid in Jup by a rope enery Europeans, native troops

Arabs,

of

and

orilla.

PRAK HOTEL.

Mr E. H. Miuton Mr and Mrs G. F.

Nightingale

the Gral von Gotten," a vessel of This left the enemy with two ships.

490.500 tons carrying one. 4-inch and two smaller guns," and the • Hedwig von The attacking force, which was under Wissman." a gunboat of about the same the command of General Wehle, is size as the captured one. On February 15. 2. 24th and both Field Com-Land sunk after a chase and running fight. believed to have been composed of the 9th 1916. the ledwig von Wisse

was, attacked by the." Fifi." and "Mimi,” panies, four other companies, and the which lasted for three hours. The result Tabers and Rakwe contingents of 400 was largely due to the skilful manumuring Mrs. T. Adams

Mr D, K. Blair Europeans and 200 Arabs. A German of the two British vesels, TheMimi

Mr J.Bowers .. kept astern of the enemy and act of field company, when up to strength, con range of his after gun, using him to Mr and Mrs. T.Miss Pedersen, sists of 10 cfficers, 1 volunteers, and 200; tach from side to side in order to bring

Breakspear Mr TV L., Perkins Askari. The strength of the parrison was his foremost gau to bear, and thus delay. Mr Mrs F. W. Cary Mrs Forrin 47 hodesia and Belgian native trooping him until the Fit could get within Mr. W. Evan

Comdr. Rood with 10 Erropeans. The garrison had but range. Finally a high explosive shall Mr S. Evans

Mr and Mrs WE little food, and depended for water upon engines. Before she sank, the Germans Mr and Mrs B. A.Miss Skipper

from the "Ffi destroyed the enemy's Mr Denmau Fuller Roberts applies obtained at sight pader fire and abandoned their ship, and all except two between pickets from the rivers. Europeans and three natives, who had

been killed, were picked up by the "Fis Lund Mimi."

On the Sisi Jely a Parlementaire arrived from the German lines with a white flag and a letter inquiring whether the Commandant was prepared to ena- sider Ter of murrender. Major O'Sulleran's reply WAS w emphatic

negative.

The total number of casualties sustainča,

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by the garrison was nineteen, ali natives, So cuded Germany's command of RAMO including five soldiers and four eneriers Tanganyika. Apart from the material. Capt. & Mrs. Vieria.fr J. Wilson killed, and one native servant, who died loss inflicted on the enemy, the succes of wounds. A relief party under Majerjenhpace britisk prestige among the et the Naval Expedition did much to de Koninck, which attempted casaccess-natives, zot only, in the immediate neigh- fully to get into touch with the garrison,bourhood of the Lake, but in the northern lost five native soldiers killed, ten German territory. The German supremacy. districts of Rhodesia and in adjacent wounded, and three missing. Mejor

of the Lake bad for years been recognised, O'Sullivan, estimares that of the enemy, as an established fact, and its total Mr R Almond Mr & Mrs MeAinsh

· KINGUIDWARD HOTEL. at least forty Europestis and from fifty destruction within a few months of the Mr JR. Y. Flynn Mrs McGod to sixty Asakari and Arabs were killed, arrival of the Experition afforded Andrzon Mr E Moran About 218 shells and at least 90,000 opportune and striking evidence of Eritish Dr and Mrs Aeger Me W. power, Ný munds of ammunition are reported to

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in South West Africa, and the second in Mrs T. B. Caftane

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Sleigh the campaign in German East Africa Mr O Fritz Rhodesia, as follows

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tive incitivity on the North Eastern After this repulse there was compari border. Early in 2016, Brigadier.General

It was a remarkable achievement in Northey oasured command of the

the circumstance's for Rhodesia, withen Rhodesian and Nyasaland Forces, to have secured its borders against inva MrJoseph

tine mouths of the outbreak of hostilities, his arrival operations on the border, which sion and, in addition, to have funibed Me De Kincard had hitherto been necessarily of a defen two regiments of European infantry for

Mrs Lahain sive character, entered upon a new phase, who went to Fagland independently to Barvice in distant fields. Including those which is not yet concluded.

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