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Aug 11

TAKING TANGA AND MOPPING UP GERMAN TROOPS DOWN TO PANGANI

Tanga harbour The 5th Light Infantry (5LI), Indian Army, arrived in Mombasa in 1916 after an eventful time. Half of the regiment had mut...

Jul 3

THE FIGHT IN THICK BUSH ON THE PANGANI AT MKALAMO

This article continues the account of River Column's advance down the Pangani River. The southern British advance into German East Africa...

Mar 4

MOUNTAIN GUNNERS PROVE THEIR WORTH WITH DIRECT FIRE AT KAHE - THREE AWARDS MADE FOR GALLANTRY

The line of trees marks the Soko River, and German trenches were dug in the bush for concealment, but with an excellent field of fire aga...

Mar 3

TWO ACTS OF BRAVERY AND DETERMINATION BY PATHANS OF THE 17th CAVALRY, INDIAN ARMY

Namanga, on the border with German East Africa (GEA - Tanzania) At the end of 1914 British East Africa (Kenya) had been reinforced by Ind...

Feb 29

AMBUSH IN THE KAGERA SALIENT - GERMANS HIT HARD AT BRITISH PATROLS

Looking from the north across the bridge over the Kagera River at Kyaka Lieutenant Colonel W.T. Shorthose DSO commanded the 1st Battalion...

Feb 25

THREE INDIAN ORDERS OF MERIT AWARDED FOR HARD FIGHTING AT JASIN

German graves in Tanga of men killed in the Jasin fighting After the British defeat at Tanga (see the article on the Loyal North Lancashi...

Feb 9

13th RAJPUTS FIGHT ON BOTH DAYS IN THE TANGA BATTLE, ENTERING THE TOWN TO HAUL DOWN GERMAN FLAGS

A 1914 German postcard showing Tanga town (Refer to the article The Loyal North Lancashires at Tanga for an overview of the operation.) T...

Feb 9

101st GRENADIERS LEFT TO FIGHT IT OUT ALONE AT TANGA

The Screen Wall naming the British dead in the Tanga Memorial Cemetery, Tanzania. (Refer to the article The Loyal North Lancashires at Ta...

Feb 9

KASHMIR RIFLES IN THE THICK OF THE FIGHTING AT TANGA

The German Memorial Garden at Tanga (Refer to the article The Loyal North Lancashires at Tanga for an overview of the operation.) On 4th ...

Feb 9

101st GRENADIERS DEFEND THE UGANDA RAILWAY AGAINST GERMAN DEMOLITION PATROLS

British troops had to defend the railway line running from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean coast to Kisumu on Lake Victoria. German patrols ...

Feb 8

BHARATPUR IMPERIAL SERVICE INFANTRY FIGHT IN THE UMBA VALLEY

The waterfront at Vanga, south of Mombasa and near the German border The British-sponsored Indian Army supplied most of the sepoys (soldi...

Feb 2

SAVING THE GENERAL - AN INDIAN OFFICER LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE

The 130th Baluchis in British East Africa (Kenya) The 130th (King George's Own) Baluchis, (Jacob's Rifles), Indian Army, was a good unit ...

Feb 2

LEARNING THE HARD WAY - THE UNFORTUNATE DEATH OF MAJOR W.A.S. WALKER, 46th PUNJABIS, AND OTHERS

Mzima Springs in the Tsavo Valley Major W.A.S. Walker served in the 46th Punjabis, Indian Army, but when the 130th (King George’s Own) Ba...

Feb 1

THE FIGHT AT LUPEMBE POINT, LAKE VICTORIA, GERMAN EAST AFRICA, 6th December 1915

The operational situation in East Africa in late 1915 In December 1915 Britain and Belgium were making plans to invade German East Africa...

Jan 30

AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY THAT ENDED AT MWELE MDOGO

The eventful life and death of Major Herbert Augustine Carter VC British East Africa in January 1916 On 9th January 1916 the 40th Pathans...

Jan 27

CONDUCTOR W. PRESTON‘S GALLANTRY AT TANGA WHEN ATTACKED BY BEES AND STUNG ON THE HEAD OVER 300 TIMES

An African farmer's beehive Sub Conductor W. Preston of the India Army Telegraph Department landed at Tanga in early November 1914 as a m...

Dec 12, 2019

The 29th Punjabis at Tsavo, 6th September 1914

For the conspicuous resourcefulness and pluck displayed by him during the action at Tsavo River, British East Africa

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