11 AUGUST 1917, Page 2

General Van do Venter is now pressing the enemy hard

in German- East Africa. With many small columns working from various points, he is trying to drive all the Gorman troops towards the Mahenge kills, south of the P,ufiji River. Therm operations, in a densely wooded and hilly region of tropical Af ries, which has been very imperfectly explored, are extremely arduous, and the British, Indian, and African troops engaged deserve fuller credit for their work than they have received. On Friday week there was a sharp and indecisive action on the Miliumbia River, south-west of Lindi. Elsewhere the enemy is offering less resistance. In Palestine, before Gaza, the trench fighting continues. In Mesopotamia the only topic is the treat.