The Heroes
of the East African Campaign

Saudi Chwa II requested a commission in the British Forces & was appointed an Hon Lieut in the 4th Battalion of the KAR based in Uganda.

As the railway line moved westwards from Voi towards Taveta a big camp was built half-way at Maktau...

Royal Naval Air Service Rolls Royce armoured cars that were armed with a single water-cooled .303-inch Vickers machine gun; this unit was na

The Mombasa to Kisumu (on Lake Victoria) railway line had been constructed between 1896 and 1902, and over 36,000 workers had been recruited

Mombasa District HQ, ordered 2nd Bn The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Bura to organize the Battalion Machine-guns as a separate unit

GEA seat of government, principal port of German East Africa, & the terminal of the Railway under Allied Control

The British plan for seizing Dar Es Salaam was to advance south from Bagamoyo whilst a fourth column moved southwest to Ngerengere.

The Army requested that the Royal Navy seize Bagamoyo (a former capital of German East Africa).

Supply lorries were fired upon, motor ambulances blown up by mines, telegraph & telephone wires cut.

At the end of the Spring rains in 1916 British Columns under General Smuts pushed south down the Pangani River and the Usambara railway line

High in the South Pare Mountains above Mombo was the German hill-station of Wilhelmstal

The southern British advance into German East Africa (Tanzania) was down the Pangani River and the adjacent Usambara railway track.

This article complements the previous one on Hannyngton's Loop. Whilst Brigadier Hannyngton advanced with Centre Column down the Usambara...

Hannyngton was to continue his advance, with the South Pare hills to his right, down to Mkomazi a diversion named 'Hannyngton’s Loop'

British advance was westwards from British East Africa (Kenya) through Taveta to Kahe and Moshi.

The port of Mwanza was the obvious next target for the Allies.

attack came down Lake Victoria to seize Ukerewe Island. It was important to seize the island in preperation for a later attack on Mwanza

Whilst Indian Army units were fighting for their survival at Jasin on 18 January 1915, King's African Rifles Askari were also fighting hard

Many brave deeds were performed during that night, and machine gunners, a signaller and an artilleryman were later awarded DCM

The raid was a success - the first notable British success in the East African Campaign.

In early March 1916 General Smuts ordered an attack into German East Africa near Taveta.

the heavy machine gun fire of the British armoured cars, whilst not very accurate because of the thick bush, demoralised the German Askari

During a mounted infantry engagement the enemy got within a few yards of our men, and it was found impossible to get the more severely wound

The line of trees marks the Soko River. German trenches were dug in the bush for concealment with excellent field of fire against advancing