Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
CARRYING THE WAR INTO AFRICA

a coast line of 500 miles The coast
Inns extends from the mouth OF the
Umba to Cape Delgado. having been
determined with Portugal in Septem-
Der. 1894 From 1904 to 1910 the limits
were esta blished by accords with Eng
land. Belgium and Portugal. the area
being estimated at $4,000 square milrs
The coast was leased from the sultan
of Zanzibar to the Germans for hftN
tan's rights were subsequently puro
chased outright by Germany in 1890
for payment Of 100000 marks.
In 1911 the white population of Ger
man East Africa counted 4.227 indi-
viduals, of whom BIB
German East were Germans. The ma
A.. tive element Is estimat-
Aica. ed at between six and
nine millions. for the most part Bantu
negroes. Zulus. WAIKIKI and Mefiti. There
are also some thousands of Arabs. Par
sees. Syrians. Turks and above all In
dams to the number of $3.50.
The principal railway is that con-
structed from Dar-es- Salaam to Tabora
and kigoma on Lake Tanganyika. a
distance, including its recent proicnga-
ton, OF 1913 miles. and a roadbed OF
one meter. There are lines to Usamba.
220 miles: to Sigi. Is miles. The OAR
s-Salaam was completed and ready for
exploitation February. 1914.
The coast is strewn with ports. and
eleven of these were visited in 1910 by
983 ships. aggregating 100000 tons.
On Lake Nyassa there is a gunboat.
the Hermana-W iessmann: on the Tan.
on the Victoria the rkerewe,' all OF
which are enga yed in conflicts with the
British and Belgian forces.
Information OF the war between Ger
mans, British and Belgians is rare We
know that November IA, 1914. the Brit.
ish suffered defeats in the ports or
Tanga and Dar-es-Salaam. In jan
uary the British, with troops IRON
ern shore of Victoria lake: Hostill-
ties appear to have dcveioped IN the IN,
terror as early as August !sl4, anu
the first act OF war. after .nose ~
TanRa and -Salaam was the
bombardment by the Germans OF
Lukuga. the head of the railway Iins
running to the kongo tLukusa.h a-
b6lo). The German flotilla on Lake ran
eanyika attacked this station several
times but until recently il has oeen
successfully defended by the BRUSH
and Belgian gunboats.
Rhodesia. in the northeast was AZ
tackled in September. 1914; ana the
British appealed to the Belgian troops
at Katanga The latter marched TO
the relief of her ally at Abercorn.
which the Germans had surrounded
and the Germans retired.
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The principal theater of action of the
troops of the Belgian Kongo is at DIS
tant Kivu, which eX-
A.. nnnro tends from the north
40 '--~ ern extremity of Tan
territory. ganyika to the line OF
Mount virunga, the terrestrial IRON
tier between the Belgian koneo anu
German East Africa
The 4th Of May, 1915, the BRUSH
sent 1900 regular troops to reinforce
the Indian contingent. In June tno
Germans possessed double the nuinDe'
of electives and numbered 10000 men,
trained troops. furnished with great
number of machine guns.
The British attacked Dar-es-Salaam
from the sea The small cruiser Pesa-
sue and another of small size attempt
ed to demolish the wireless tower OF
the port, but failed. Later the He[nan
governor caused the destruction OF enS
tower at the same time that ne causeu
an old gunboat, the Move, in the mar
hor. to be sunk A few days thereafter
the Pegasus was attacked at ZANZIBAR
by the German Koenigsberg, which put
the Pegasus out of action. In august;
1915. the British. it appears, oecupl-u
Dar-es-Salaam. but only after the Ger,
mans had removed their munitions ana
eufpments, archives and railroad ma
terials. Also another port-Tanga, nea"
of the line of the region OF osam Da.
was likewise occupied by the BRUSH.
These and some other successes ny
otherwise reported may probe ply form
the subject Of Gen. Smith DoIrien
port. to which allusion is maze III
recent dispatch. uan;,
berg we have learned something II
appears that the koenigsperg, ha.'hh
DESTROYED the Pegasus. was chased pE
British ships and founo shei. sflotu -,
river Rufiji, where she was eHectualiy
blocked in. The Newbridge, carrslhs
1900 tons Of coal. was sacrinced IN Or
der to obstruct the passage. Wneh inc
Germans learned OF the operation ND
landed a part of their crew and, 1oru-
fvine a small island close to which ran
the channel, they inflicted considerable
damage on their pursuers with macnine
guns.
In order to escape the attention or
the British the Koenigsberg had been
covered as far as pos
u.-:~.h.,~ sible from view by
great quantities of
discovered. palm branches. But
British aeroplane was enabled to dls-
cover the ruse and signaled the posi-
ton of the Koenigsberg by dropping
number of fire bombs on the half con-
cealed ship The British, having OH
tanned the range. bombarded the ship
with a hot fire and completely de-
stroyed her.
Mention may be made in this plan OF
the European war in New Guinea ana
the Marshall and Samoa islands. where
Germany possesses several colonies
Emperor Wilhelmland, New Guinea.
the islands of the Bismarck archipel-
ago. Samoa and the Carolines. The Bis
.s,.o,, ond I-rneror Wilhelm islands