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Show ALLIED TROOPS MAKE GAINS IN AFRICA Paris, Aug. 13, 2:05 p. m A dispatch dis-patch received today by tho Havas Agency from a correspondent in West Africa, reports further successes by troops of the allies in the Kamerun, a German colony in Western Equatorial Equator-ial Africa. ' Tho dispatch says' "Allied troops, which had entered Garua and Ngaundere In the northern north-ern Kamerun, succeeded on July lt in occupying the Important post of Tingero in the western section of the colony between Ngaundere and Kont-sha. Kont-sha. The enemy fled but, on July 23, reinforced by a company from Banjo, counter-attacked heavily but was repulsed re-pulsed after a brilliant engagement and fled in the direction of Tibati. "The losses of tho allies were slight; those of tbe enemy heavy " |