When the South African forces captured Jumbo, at the mouth of the River Juba, they made the frst breach In Tlalian defences in. south Tallan Somaliland without losing a single man.
The enemy suffered severely, losing in the frst stage one whole battalion annihilated by machine-gun fire from armoured cars.
Several hundred prisoners were taken, when the Jumbo garrison showed the white flag of surrender, and machine guns, eld pieces, and hundreds of thousands of rounds ammunition fell into the hands of the triumphant South Africans.
Fighting for Jumbo began when the South Africans captured Gobwen, and immediately raced across the river in the face of intense Italian opposition, "A. counter-attack was made, in which every Mahan participating became a casualty. Tete Engineers erected a pontoon bridge while the engagement' was in
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