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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l these places were police pos«^s, and atthem lived a few whites, while others dwelt onneighbouring farms and cattle runs. In view oftheir defenceless position, the settlers andmissionaries were ordered, at a days notice, toremove their wives, families and cattle 200miles from the frontier, and the available policeand volunteers manned the British posts againstattack. Almost from t ho first the Rhodesiansharl the help of the Belgian (native) troops onthe Congo side of their frontier. In all, (oguard a frontier of 1 .50 milc!s long, the Ithodesian-Belgian forces mny have t(/tallcd .(,000. ConeralFdwards, commanding the; Rhodesian forces,had control of the opi^rations. The princijjalBelgian officers were Major Olsen and Major doKf)nniek. Early in September, 1914, the Hedwig vonWissmann and tlu; Kingani sailed from Bis-marckburg and after bomburdinu Kituta landedparti«;s, which df)fea(,«fl tlu? small garrison(commanded by a Belgian officer) and looted 156 THE TIMES HISTORY OF THE WAR.
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RHODESIAN POLICE CROSSING A RIVER BY A NATIVE BRIDGE. the place. Next day a British column arrived,but the Germans had gone, taking with them£30,000 worth of goods. On September 5Abercorn, which is 10 miles from Kituta, wasattacked. It was held by Mr. Bisset, the post-master, and 40 police. Mr. Bisset worked amachine-gun with excellent effect; during thefight reinforcements, 130 strong, arrived, andthe Germans were beaten off. The severe de-feat sxiffered by the enemy at Karonga on Sep-tember 9 checked their activity on the Rhodesianfrontier also, and during the ensuing rainyseason only minor operations covild be under-taken, the chief event being the repulse ofanother attack on Abercorn (March, 1915).This gave the British and Belgians the oppor-tvmity of bringing up reinforcements. Whatthe difficulties of transport were may be seenby following the fortunes of one column—a column wliich later on greatly distinguisheditself. On December 5,1914, Major J. J. OSulle-van, in command of

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