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Major Leutwein , having returned from the south and assumed the command of the troops , set to work . Reinforcements arrived from Germany and it became possible to take the offensive . After a good deal of fighting in which heavy losses ...
Major Leutwein , having returned from the south and assumed the command of the troops , set to work . Reinforcements arrived from Germany and it became possible to take the offensive . After a good deal of fighting in which heavy losses ...
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Though the Bastards of Rehoboth , the Namaquas of Beersheba and a section of the Namaquas of Bethany held aloof from the war , yet even so the Germans could not move before their troops had been reinforced . In November preparations had ...
Though the Bastards of Rehoboth , the Namaquas of Beersheba and a section of the Namaquas of Bethany held aloof from the war , yet even so the Germans could not move before their troops had been reinforced . In November preparations had ...
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The vicinity of Iringa was the scene of several brisk encounters between opposing bodies of troops , the most notable success falling to General Northey's command , which captured an enemy detachment of over 300 men .
The vicinity of Iringa was the scene of several brisk encounters between opposing bodies of troops , the most notable success falling to General Northey's command , which captured an enemy detachment of over 300 men .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Smutss offer to S Rhodesia 1921 | 4 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
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