A remarkable story of how a young Irish subaltern—"bluffed" the Germans into surrendering. Togoland during-£he-Qreat War was- told recently by Major-General Sir Reginald Hoskins and Lord Davidson.. They were speaking at the Ashridge Fellowship reunion at the Bonar Law College, Berkhamsted, states the "Sunday Times,"
Sir Reginald said that he and Lord Davidson, in the early days of the war, helped in the handling of code messages at the Colonial Office, One day they received a code message from a young subaltern in the Cameroons who probably, Sir Reginald said, had under his command two men and a boy, announcing that he was going to take Togoland, Before they could reply another cable arrived. This said that he had made a reconnaissance of the enemy's position and intended to attack, Next morning another message stated that he had attacked and that all was well. "I do not know what his name was," added Sir Reginald. "but I hope that he is a General now.
Lord Davidson, taking up the story, said that this - young officer converted his "two men and a boy" into a "stage army." Actually he split his tiny force into little parties. marched them up and down the country, and arranged with natives to run into Kamena and report that there were enemy forces all over the place,
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