24 JUNE 1916, Page 2

The campaign in German East Africa pursues a prosperous amuse

under General Smuts. Wilhelmstal, the capital of Usambara, has been occupied, as well as Korogwe (the second town in im- portance) and the bridge across the Pangani. The enemy seem to be abandoning the coast in the same district. A description of the Usambara Highlands in the Tunes of Friday week confirms their title to be regarded as the most highly cultivated part of the German colony. The biological station at Wilhelmatal is exceptionally well equipped and deserves its world-wide reputation. Usambara is both healthy and fertile, and as it is made up of highly defensible posi- tions the retreat of the Germans is a sure omen of the issue of the campaign.