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We have been thrown upon our own resources." "Yes," Frank agreed. "Captain Marcus has put great confidence in us. It's up to us to make good." "Well," declared Jack slowly, "we'll do it." "Yes," said Frank, "we will!" Among the prisoners who were being sent home to England on the Lena was the German commander who had been captured at Duala, Colonel Von Roth.
Officers from the Cameroon have confirmed the filthy habits of the Huns and Hunnesses, how they defiled the rooms in the hospital at Duala that they occupied just before they were sent away; how disgusting were their habits in the cabins of the fine Atlantic liner that took them back to Europe.
Apparently secure in the belief that the forts at Duala could successfully ward off the attacks of any enemy, the German commander at Boak had grown careless, and the lads could not see a single sign of soldiers or sentries. Frank glanced behind him and ordered softly: "Take down all flags!"
This was soon accomplished, and the little flotilla was on its way back toward Duala. At Duala a second search was made for arms, ammunition and other munitions of war. This done, the commander of the Cumberland turned to Frank. "You will go aboard that German merchantman in the harbor," he said, "and take her to London. You are in command, and Mr. Templeton shall be your first officer.
Just outside of Duala, in the native village of Bell Town, is the palace and the harem of the ruler of the tribe that gave its name to the country, Mango Bell, King of the Cameroons. His brother, Prince William, sells photographs and "souvenirs." We bought photographs, and on the strength of that hinted at a presentation at court.
When we left they were rapidly disrobing to find if any more five-franc pieces were concealed about their persons. The morning after we sailed from Duala we anchored in the river in front of Calabar, the capital of Southern Nigeria. Of all the ports at which we touched on the Coast, Calabar was the hottest, the best looking, and the best administered.
In every other colony French, English, German in the native villages I saw vegetable gardens, goats, and chickens, large, comfortable, three-room huts, fences, and, especially in the German settlement of the Cameroons at Duala, many flower gardens.
On 27 September, however, by co- operation between French troops and two British warships, Duala the capital was captured and the whole coast-line was seized. The conquest of German South-West Africa was a more serious matter, not only because the Germans were there more numerous and better organized, but because the task was complicated by the politics of the Union.
At Duala the white traders and officials were plump and cheerful looking, and in the air there was more of prosperity than fever. The black and white sentry boxes and the native soldiers practising the stork march of the Kaiser's army were signs of a rigid military rule, but the signs of Germany's efforts in trade were more conspicuous.
Its largest town, several miles up this navigable river, is Duala, strongly fortified. This, if I am not badly mistaken, is our objective point." "Perhaps you are right," said Jack somewhat dubiously, "but won't the forts be too strong for the cruisers?" "Not these, I am sure." "Well," said Jack, "I hope we see some action soon, whether it is at Duala, as you call it, or some other place.
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