Germans there occupying the Tanga district recently im- posed a
tax which indirectly annoyed the independent Wadigo tribe, who incited some German villages to pull down their German flags. This was insurrection, so Captain Kreuzler, in command at Tanga, marched on the Wadigoes with three hundred men armed with rifles, and provided with eighty cartridges apiece. The Wadigoes, holding the hills and forest, kept potting at the soldiers, who replied, and in a little while shot away all their cartridges. It was then necessary to retreat, and the retreat became a rout, as the Wadigoes, comprehending the situation, pursued their enemies up to the very gates of Tanga. This is a severe blow for the Germans, who have not been fortunate in East Africa lately, and it is believed that a second expedition has also been defeated. There is no certainty on this point, but the Govern- ment in Berlin ought to have had information on the subject, and as it has published none, the presumption in Berlin, where they know the ways of the War Office, is that the news is most unfavourable.
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