The surrender of Garua and its German garrison in the
Cameroon to an Anglo-French force on June 10th is described in a Memorandum sent by an officer to Sir Frederick Lugar." and issued by the Secretary for the Colonies on Tuesday. As a result of our systematic sapping and effective bombard- ment, which appear to have completely demoralized his men, the German Commandant first offered to surrender on con- dition that his garrison were allowed to march out with the honours of war and rejoin the rest of the German forces down south. The offer was peremptorily refused, and after two hours' grace had been allowed, the Com- mandant surrendered unconditionally. Next morning the Anglo-French entered Carus and hoisted the Union Jack and the Tricolor side by side. In view of the great strength of the forts and the ingenuity shown in their construction— two thousand labourers had been hard at work on them for six months—the writer rightly insists on our extraordinary luck in capturing the place without the loss of a single life.
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