Referring to mines and demolitions left by the retreating Malians, Lore Birdwood said: "No. troops could have done better than my Indian friends. in. circumventing these dif-Aeultie Lord Croft warmly concurred in Lord Birdwood's praise of the Em= pire troops, notably, Indian and South 'African, and said: "When we realize the colossal distance travelled in. the Great hunt for the Bismarck, it gives Some Idea of the distances' covered from the East African sea coast to Addis Ababa. for within a month the capital of the allan Esst African Empire was occupied,
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