Identifier: timeshistoryofwa10lond (find matches)
Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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INDIANS REPAIRING THE UGANDA RAILWAY. littacking force were about 1,500, a large majority beingEuropean-s, but though wo hoard them encouraging tlioArabs and native troops to charge they could not getthem to do so. The attack lasted an hour and a half.Various ru<:ps were adopted. They blew the BelgianCease Fire, and ours aLso. Firing ceased for a fewminutes on our side, but was resumed, and we afterwardsceased bugle calls. . . . Fighting went on until August 3, when the enemy hadeaten up all his supplies and all ours. He then retiredto Lake Tanganyika, embarked for Ujiji and also marchedoff by road to Bisraarckburg and Neu Langenburg. Wewere too done up to go after them, and were relieved by abattalion of Belgian troops after a few days.* For the gallant defence of Saisi MajorOSullevan received the D.S.O. The casualtiesin his command in the period June-Augustwere about 80; the Germans who attackedhim suffered much more ssA-erely. They lost(50 dead in Europeans alone. Early in Sep-t

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