, 1916-08-16


ance attached to the capture to-day Aug. 18th
OF the final remaining positions on the enemy's
water-llne OF Notifications, the several arm
les are endeavourlng to give details of pris-
oners and booty taken in there cent operations.
One corps Of General Sakharoff's troops
took between August 4th and 18th a total of
BOT officers and Is, 594 of the rank and file
and captured 4 guns,47 machine-guns and Is
bomb-m ortars. The troops of General Scher-
batohoff have taken from June 9Th up to
the present time 1858 officers aud 55,158 Of
rank and file and have captured SIS cannon,
211 machine guns, 20 bomb-mortars and 8
throwers and 1913 limbers. The troops of
General Letchitzky took from Aug. 1st-10th
a total of I'll officers and 10,450 of the rank
and file and captured 8 guns aud II machine
guns. Caucasus front: On the western bank
OF the lake Van i'll the region of Ledvai we
launched counter attacks against the Turks
who were driven to the south.
London, Aug. 13th-The advance of a
wide encircling movement by the British and
Belgian forces in German East Africa is re-
ported In an official statement issued by the
War Office today. The text of the state
ment is as follows: The forces under Gene
raj SHUTS began a simultaneous forward
movement on Aug. 5th. A strong mounted
force under Brigadier-Genera Enslin under
took a wide enveloping movement north and
northwest Of the Negru mountains. After
traversing the centre mountains General
Enslin's troops emerged on Aug. 9Th at
Mbenda mission between the mountains and
the kanga hills overlooking the Mdionga
valley, completing an arduous march of SO
miles where wheel transport was impossible.
At the same time strong infantry forces
n1OUaj into tho Ml1Oor, uo11o. f.o,, tLo
north and to the westward of the Kanga
Hills. On Aug. 10th stubborn actions devel-
oped at Mhoda and Matamonda in the valley
lasting until Aug. 18th, when the enemy's
resistance was broken at Matrimonial and
pursuit started down the valley. Further
west Lieutenant Colonel Vanderventer after
occupying Kilimatinde, Dodoma and Kikom-
DO on the central railway pushed eastward
through Kwanyagalo on the main road 10
Mywapwa and at night fall on Aug. 18th en-
countered the enemy in a strong position in
a road dehle at Tschungo 10 miles west Of
MywapWa. The enemy was defeated and
pursued by US. In all these engagements
the enemy's losses were relatively severe.
In the south our columns after inficting
severe losses on the enemy at Malangali are
now approaching Iringa. On lake Tanga-
nylka we occupied Kirando islands,als Kate.
On the road from Burg, parallel to the east
ern shore of the lake, the Belgians occupied
Karema, so miles north of Kiran2o. South
of lake Victoria Nyanza the British and Bel
gian columns are closely pressing the enemy
on the road to Kabor.
Censored at Jamaica.)
Berlin, August 12th.-The German War
Office communication concerning operations
IN the western theatre issued to-day is as
follows: Strong British forces attacked
between ThieLyal and the Foureaux Wood
and near Guillemont. North of Ovillers
and near Pozieres they were repulsed by
hand to hand fighting and by counter-at-
tacks. North of Bazentin lie Petit and
near Guillemont their attacks were rendered
futile by our artillery infantry and machine
gun fire. Between Maurepas and The Somme
a vigorous French attack broke down, but