Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12


strengthening their positions. l.! day
both sides took refuge in their cNca-
Nations.
The night Of Juno s Captain Carbon
/ ncau made n daring raid with thirty
two men He penetrated I" tn" edge
( OF the town and Sc, fire TO $40 cases
OF munitions lie also learned from
tho natives the exact position OF the
houses in The center OF the town where
tho Germans had taken refuge.
FRENCH NC GUNS
BLAST THESE HOT SEES
Tho ncNt morning tho French big
guns blasted these houses. setting them
ahrc. Tho Germans did not hold out
much longer. In tho afternoon Of June
, !" white nas appeared on tho roof
! OF the hut which served as u German
, fo',. Then, for the frs, time, the
French realized that they had no white
naR with them. and could not reply in
+ kind to tho German signal
With tho remark. at this distance
they may take il for white" ono OF
, the pcrspirinr French officers took OF
his *hir, and waved II.
Captain Won crailshcin. Tho German
comma ndcr. a, frs, demanded sur
render with all the honors Of war, but
finally gave NJ unConditionally.
The combined northern columns were
now able TO move south and form a
junction in November with tho most
northern OF the two columns invading,
the colony from tho cast The Ger
mans were reduced 10 scattered groups.
nd al
ticus far and wide through tho vas,
( jungle 10 locate them. There were
several fierce fights. one at Eanyo.
whcr" the British defeated the Ger
mans The pursuit continued. but the
Germans were able 10 escape to friend =
~ intcrnmcnt under the Spanish flag.
! What Will happen to the C;crrua II
colony at the conclusion OF peace can
! not be said now. II the allies win tho
war. II viii probably be divided UP be-
tween tho British, French and Bel
cianS. with perhaps tidbit to Spain.
RRITI>H SOLDIER WRITES
Z OF KAMERIN FIGHTING
/ Especial Cable TO The Times dispatch |
LONDON. March l1.--An officer in a
British regiment from the Cold Coast,
which helped to clear tho kamcrun OF
! Germans. writes TO friend some in
tcrcstins details Of this campaign un-
der the equator. lie tells how the On
p"d!tinn he accompanied reached the
neighborhood OF Sakhyenrc. on the
SanaIa River after landing on the
coast near Douala. He continues:
III was then our troubles began.
10: two weeks we cut through the
bush, forded rivers knee to waist dcep.
and were literally eaten by mosuui-
toes, flies and huge ants. II was the
most terrible march admitted To me
by the most experienced Of the old
coastcrs> ever made. Wei. in two
DAYS We got to Sakbyennc. which we
put III state Of defense. We turned
tn" BASEL mission into a fort and,
OWING TO it's position, twenty men could
hold /; against 1000. As long as the
enemy mad no artillery. II was ALSO.
lrt"!y uupG" enable Tins tooh US
i"o day $ hard work We left \
small garrison. and started off on a
seven days march To W!uu Biapas. ON
The Nkeli River whore we expected TO
meet with opposition. ~ Winn Hiaras
- on tho .1aundc road. the naiu column
marched against it. and We were TO
&" around II on tho left namk
The day and nigh, before We 20,
i."fc We met The Huns at small
place hat s,laLesicall important,
called Muii Here We fought an ad-
ramce-Suard action and drove them
out We had previously found rows OF
beautifully constructed trenches which
were lief; untenantcd by the Germans
some considerable time prcvicuslv--a,,,I
as our rear guards went through. we
hal 10 StaNc off rather sudden and
i"r"cious attach. This We did without
= casualty on our side.
tn" last march we did after thai
"as something appalling. We had To
lVrH /" river four feet ia five feet decp
an! 60 down the side OF II mountain
with a prs"ipice on our left which fell
sheer INTO unkuown depths, along Il
Ia'h q, an angle OF ~ degrees. which
was four OF 1--WE inches deep in rrcasv
mud "" succeeded in Getting down
TINS after eight hours. bu, we lost
about twenty loads. which fell over
the prec.pice. We then began 10 hear
/ h'ing on our right. and pushed ON in
order 10 make ou, hank attack efec-
tive. We reached our objective al mid
day. and found ourselves in bush
path. with rising ground on our right
and g steer hill on our left. both COW
cred with thick bush
Nit t:N ~ EuRDABI.I.
oNL, Ar ONE SPOT
'Errrythimr looked 10 be innocent Of
Germans. and the officers wen; for
ward To SPY out Tho land We found
+ in 'front.' OF MS river. fordable NC
Afterwards discovered. at one small
spot only. with steep, high bank on
( the opposite side. ON our side OF the
rlv"r IN. ground had been made as
clean "a new pin. all trees were fellc,!
AID brnshwood cleared away Throush
tn" trees on the other side at q dis
'ante OF not more than 40 Yards We
could see h!ockhousc, well hidden.