ttles in
France, in Poland, on the Dardanelles. We lose sight of them, perhaps,
in the details of local fighting. In reality, nothing less is being
effected than the re-mapping of the whole eastern hemisphere.

II. TOGOLAND AND KAMERUN.

On Aug. 1, a year ago, German colonial possessions in Africa totaled
over a million square miles, in four regions--Togo, Kamerun, Southwest
Africa, and East Africa. Togo, running from the north shore of the
Gulf of Guinea, is wedged between French and English colonies. In
August, France and England joined in attacking it, and on Aug. 26
their occupation was complete, a rich area of 33,000 square miles thus
passing from Germany to the Entente powers.

[Illustration: Togo, the German Colony which was surrendered to a
Franco-English expeditionary force.]

[Illustration: German East Africa

Scene of Operation of Anglo-French forces against the German Colony of
Kamerun]

Kamerun, in the elbow of the Gulf of Guinea, is about ten times as
large, one-third of this having been conceded by France to Germany in
1911, through the agency of M. Caillaux. Recent letters to The
London Times describe the fighting there:

On the 7th (May) we had a trying experience. Our company
commander went out with myself and another subaltern and
about forty men. We crossed the Mungo River in canoes, and
then did a long and very difficult march all through the
night in absolute dense forest. However the guides managed
it passes comprehension.

About 5 in the morning, when it was just getting light, our
advance party were just on the point of stumbling on to the
German outpost, when what should happen but an elephant
suddenly walked in between and scattered our opposing
parties in all directions. I was in the rear of our little
column, and was left in bewilderment, all our carriers
dropping their loads and every one disappearing into the
bush. After a few minutes we got our men together and our
scouts went forward again, and found the Germans had bolted
from their outpost, but soon returned and opened fire on our
scouts.

A British officer writes:

I hope you have heard ere this of our capture of Duala and
Bonaberi, and our further advance along the Duala Railway to
Tusa, and along the Wari River to Jabassi. The heat and
climate are very trying. It's awfully hot, far hotter than
the last coas