The Belgian columns, moving from the Congo, have meanwhile shown
great pluck and vigour in clearing the enemy first out of the region between Victoria Nyanza and Tanganyika, and then from the whole eastern shore of Tanganyika, where they took Ujiji on August 3rd and sank the last German gunboat. British columns from Uganda and Rhodesia have co-operated with them most successfully, and the combined forces are marching on Tabora, the last inland town of importance which the enemy retain. General Botha, after a flying visit to East Africa, has spoken in the highest terms of the courage and endurance shown by all the troops, whether Dutch or British, in pursuing a brave enemy for hundreds of miles through dense forests, and facing without a murmur privation and disease as well as German bullets. He believes that General Smuts is nearing the end of a most brilliant little campaign.
