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Show BELGIANS ADVANCING 1 EOT AFRICA Germans Retreat Before the Continued Progress of ( Allied Forces. 1 HAVRE. Julv 2, 11:4ft r m. Substantial Substan-tial progress- for the Belgian troops Invading In-vading German East Africa is reported in an official statement issued by the Belgian war office today. The statement says: General Tombeur cables that the Belgian troops have continued their progress all along the front, closely pressing the retreating army on the Kngera river. Moll tor's brigade met with only slight resistance and. after crossing the river, the brigade pursued pur-sued the enemy eastward and occupied occu-pied Byiarmulo on June 24. One day's march east of Biaramulo the advanced corps of the brigade attacked a party of the enemy, who approached from Keindschima. The enemy was beaten and retreated precipitately. pre-cipitately. Our troops took some prisoners pris-oners and a convoy. In the region east of Lake Tanganyika Tangan-yika our forces captured a storehouse filled with provisions, arms and munitions. muni-tions. The enemy, threatened by col-i col-i lumns of Olsen's brigade, refused bat-l bat-l tie and abandoned their position at I Kiteca. which we occupied on June 16. The pursuit continues. |