. Nelson's History of the war. ^ ^fUsumbura MoshilE R M AN •Usongo. The East African Theatre. io8 HISTORY OF THE WAR. being allowed for the departure of neutral that date the blockade of a coast line of overFph 26 3°° miles was vigilantly Jsept up, and theGerman colony was placed in the sameposition as the Cameroons. Its armed forces mightbe strong, well equipped, and temporarily success-ful, but none the less they were the garrison of abeleaguered city. When General Botha declared war against Ger-man South-West Africa it was generally believedthat his campaign would not be conclu
. Nelson's History of the war. ^ ^fUsumbura MoshilE R M AN •Usongo. The East African Theatre. io8 HISTORY OF THE WAR. being allowed for the departure of neutral that date the blockade of a coast line of overFph 26 3°° miles was vigilantly Jsept up, and theGerman colony was placed in the sameposition as the Cameroons. Its armed forces mightbe strong, well equipped, and temporarily success-ful, but none the less they were the garrison of abeleaguered city. When General Botha declared war against Ger-man South-West Africa it was generally believedthat his campaign would not be concluded beforethe great struggle in Europe had come to a deci-sion. The strength of the Germans, and theirample provision of artillery, the immense distancesto be covered, and the difficulties of reaching adecisive result in a country so strongly fortified bynature, inclined most men to the belief that thewar would soon resolve itself into a stalemate anda siege. Such a view underrated the energy andthe skill of the South African generals. So soonas the rebellion w
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