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Show GERMAN FORCES IN AFRICA DRIVEN INTO INTERIOR i LONDON. Sept. 1. 4:1'0 p. m.-An offl- rial statement Issued bv the British war i department today retarding military oper- I alions in German East Africa says: ! Th enemy has been dislodged from tho I'luguru bills with the loss of m:- ny men. quantities of stores and most, if not all. of bis artillery and gun ammunition depots, which con-.-l;mt!y are being discovered and de-pt de-pt royt-n. On Fridnv British for.-s. which hd fought their way since August 2R through and to the east and west of tlie centia! mountainous area, effert-j effert-j ed a junction near Kissaki, at the southern end of the hills, the remnants rem-nants of the enemy's troops having retired to tlie southeast. West of I'hiK'iru hills T-icu tenant Colonel Vnndeventer's columns are approaching the great Ruaha river on tlie road to Mahenge, drivine a st rone: enemy detachment southward before them. Lindl and Mikindani. the last re-maining re-maining ports in tlie German colony, have been occupied by naval fortes. Royal marines and A frican troops. Small German forces retired inland In each case. |