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The illustrated war News, Dec. 30, 1914—­[Part 21]—­1

The Illustrated War News.

[Illustration:  Photo.  Cribb

One of the British ships which Sank von SPEE’S squadron off the
Falklands:  The battle-cruiser “Invincible”]

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2—­The illustrated war News, Dec. 30, 1914.—­[Part 21]

THE GREAT WAR.

In reviewing the events of the last week throughout the world-wide area of war, let us begin with the Dark Continent, where everything went in our favour—­very brilliantly so.  First of all, then, we may now be said to have completed our conquest of the German Cameroon country by taking possession of the whole of the railway which runs northward from Bonabari, and is now in the hands of our troops.  A similar fate is reserved, at no distant date, for German South Africa, against which General Botha—­a man no less brave and dashing as a soldier than sagacious as a statesman—­is preparing to lead a conquering force.  Having stamped out the rebellion within the Union itself—­crushing it literally like a beetle—­he is now addressing himself to the task—­a harder one, perhaps, but still certain of achievement—­of making an end of the bad neighbourhood of the Germans in the vast region forming the Hinterland of Luederitz Bay, which is already in our possession, and rendering it impossible for them in the future to intrigue from that quarter against the peace and stability of the Union.  The court-martialling and prompt execution at Pretoria of the rebel leader, Captain Fourie, shows what the Union Government is minded to do pour decourager les autres.  The rebellion was promptly and energetically suppressed—­though not without a Union loss of 334, including more than 100 deaths; while in German South Africa, the casualties had also risen to a total of some 370.  The rebels had more than 170 killed, over 300 wounded, and 5500 prisoners—­which was thus a very creditable bit of work, as brilliant as it was brief, in the rounding-up of rebels against the unity of the Empire.