Whilst the main British attack into German East Africa (Tanzania) was delivered from the Taveta region of British East Africa (Kenya), another attack came dow...

The Suba River above Jasin in dry weather PLEASE REFER TO THE ARTICLE "THREE INDIAN ORDERS OF MERIT AWARDED FOR HARD FIGHTING AT JASIN" TO SEE AN OVERVIEW OF...

The well-defended Reata summits - a part of the 3 KAR objective in the attack In early March 1916 General Smuts, commanding British troops in East Africa, or...

The Mbuyuni battlefield from the German positions. The German machine guns dominated the ground. The KAR advanced on the British left flank - the right of ...

Unterer Himo hill viewed from the west By mid-March 1916 British forces had successfully crossed into German East Africa (Tanzania) from the Taveta area. Ac...

Looking towards Epiron from the north-east. Kilimanjaro in the right background. In early 1915 German patrols regularly came down from camps on Mount Kilima...

The site of the old crossing over the Kagera River at Kyaka. The laid-out laundry marks the old northern approach route to the crossing. Uganda shared a com...

Hidden by trees and on the edge of the Serengeti National Park in north-eastern Tanzania (formerly German East Africa) is a substantial fort built by the Ger...

Nairobi HQ planned to disband the Somali Scouts (see Somali Scouts article) and place Captain Berkeley Cole in command of a company of Loyal North Lancashire...

On the nights of 9th and 12th February 1915 attacks were made on the Uganda Railway bridge at mile 521 between Nairobi & Kisumu, a British sentry being wound...

An Askari of the Schutztruppe - the local German Army When World War I started 1st King's African Rifles (1 KAR) from Nyasaland (Malawi) had four companies s...

Non-commissioned officers (NCOs) in the Somali Scouts Amongst the new units formed in British East Africa after the start of World War I was a mounted unit r...

Traditional architecture in the Mara region Ross's Scouts was a European mounted unit formed in British East Africa (BEA) after the declaration of World War ...

Map showing location of Mafia Island On 30 October 1914 the Royal Navy had ascertained that the German cruiser KONIGSBERG was in the Rufiji Delta south of Da...

Longido Mountain lay 10 miles south of Namanga, the British East Africa post on the border with German East Africa (see the map in the article The Excellent ...

The hills above Namanga After its first major action at Longido (see article The Fighting at Longido on 3rd November 1914) the East African Mounted Rifles (E...

Thick bush in the Tsavo Valley During August and September 1914 the Tsavo Valley was the scene of several actions between King’s African Rifles (KAR) Askari ...

In late September 1914, 300 German Askari under the command of Captain von Boemken marched up the coast from Tanga on a reconnaissance mission to discover th...

Although it is not widely known, an East Africa Force intelligence officer was involved in the abortive British landing at Tanga in early November 1914 (see ...

A Military Cross to Lieutenant Edward Lionel Musson and a King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal to Sergeant Aboukir Ahmed, both of 4th King’s Afr...