The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
BRITISH WlIlHe I'LL
GERMAN EAST AFRICA
iTcutcn Tropical Enptzo FAdes Av~s
Before Advancing Engiiah
Army.

washington, d. c., Aug. 3B.-sDur.
| Ing the past month the battle front
in German East Africa has changcd
more radically than IN any other
theater Of the world war. The Brit
ish troops have been pushing the Ger
man colonial and native troops south.
ward over an extent of territory which
\ II carried forward in the name a.
gree eastward from Verdun would
lbring the allies to within 100 miles OF
| the gates OF Berlin. II the Italians
were to advance a. far north from
| the Isonzo front as British troops have
advanced southwark from Muanxa on
Lake Victoria Nyanza, Vienna would
| be In the hands OF General CaldornA.
| II the Russians could have effected
such westward drive during the sano
period they would have been in pos
session OF Warsaw. Cracow, Darzig
ana Kontgsberg today. BY such COM
parison only can the reader OF daily
the territory over which the European
forces in East Africa are lighting"
according to the war geography bull
letin issued today by the National
Geographic Society In Washington.
I'm the latter part OF July General
SHUTS. commanding the British
troops. was reported to be attacking
the German forces along line ex-
tending from the port Of Tanga. OPP
posite. the island OF Pemba, to Ko-
rogwe. some fifty miles inland on the
| railroad line extending into the UsAm-
bara province Another British forc4l
was operating around Muanza. BY
the middle of August the British forces
have reached Kilimatinde. an import
ant town on the German Central Rail-
way. running from the seaport Oar
| es-Salaam, capital OF German East
Africa, to Ujiji. on the eastern shore
Of Lake Tanganyika. TOO miles dis
tant. Il is nearly 800 miles In an air.
flne from Kilimatinde to Tanga and
almost as far to Muanza The ad.
vance along the coast has been for a|
distance of 80 miles from TangA to-
Sadani. a seaport OF lesser importance
| situated almost due west OF Zanzibar,
| capital OF the island Of that name
TN their advance toward Sadanil
from Tanga the British captured the
important port Of Pangani, At the
mouth Of the Pangani River. Next I'M
| line on the southern advance along
the coast Is the town Of BAgAmoyo.
having a population Of $4,000. many
of whom are British Indians. Baga-1
moyo occupies an honored place In
the annals Of East Africa because it3
was the starting point for the ex-l
petitions OF exploration headed by
such famous travellers and scientists
as Burton, Stanley. Spoke and Grant
| ITO the west OF Kilimatinde, on the
German Central Railway Ia the large
native town OF Tabora with q popu-)
| iation OF 40. 900. This place seems del
stined to become the most Important
commercial center Of the interior forI
in addition to IT'S present railway con-,
nection with the coast and tho TAM
ganytka country. It Is on the cara
van route and proposed railway line]
to the Victoria Nyanza territory. whii0s
another railroad Is TO tap the regtons
to the south, extending into RhodesiaS
and Portuguese East Africa. Further ]
more, II is the chief town OF the WAn-g
yamwen natives who as whole ara
peaceful agriculturists inhabtting the
richly wooded plateau lying bctweens
the two great rift-vaiieys OF East AL
the Portuguese as far back as the 18TH
riea- These people were men toned byf
century when tho country was known
as "tha Land of the Moon" The
lWanyamwezi are Bantu-negroes whose
| distinctive features are long noses and
curly rather than wooliy hair. Among
their peculiar methods OF personal
Iadornment are tattooinG. the Ming
tof the upper incisor teeth and tha
loading OF arms and legs with brass
| wire rings. The men of tho trfbAl
watch the poultry and the fiocl<s. while
the women do the hard manual work J
Instead OF watch dogs they keep bee-5
hives In their huts. and the insecta1
prove most effective defense against
intruders as well as a source OF food.