Taking Tanga & Mopping up German troops to Pangani 1916
Supply lorries were fired upon, motor ambulances blown up by mines, telegraph & telephone wires cut.
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Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Jul 25, 2020
Fight for Zuganatto Bridge - 15 & 15 June 1916
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
Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Jul 11, 2020
Surrender of Wilhelmstal in South Pare Mountains - 10 June 1916
High in the South Pare Mountains above Mombo was the German hill-station of Wilhelmstal
Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Jun 14, 2020
Centre & Eastern Column on 'Hannyngton's Loop' - May 1916
Hannyngton was to continue his advance, with the South Pare hills to his right, down to Mkomazi a diversion named 'Hannyngton’s Loop'
Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Jun 13, 2020
British Advance from Mbuyuni to the South of Lake Jipe - May 1916
British advance was westwards from British East Africa (Kenya) through Taveta to Kahe and Moshi.
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- Mar 23, 2020
Askari Bravery at Jasin - 18 January 1915
Whilst Indian Army units were fighting for their survival at Jasin on 18 January 1915, King's African Rifles Askari were also fighting hard
Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Mar 20, 2020
Bravery of 3/KAR on Longido Mountain - September 1915
British Military Headquarters hushed up details of the action at Longido West on 20 September 1915 in order not to damage morale.
Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Mar 19, 2020
Amphibious raid on Bukoba 22 & 23 June 1915
The raid was a success - the first notable British success in the East African Campaign.
Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Mar 13, 2020
3rd (Kenya) KAR Attacks Latema-Reata Nek - March 1916
In early March 1916 General Smuts ordered an attack into German East Africa near Taveta.
Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Feb 27, 2020
Mzima Column loses men in fierce Engagement - 13 May 1915
After a German attack on a bridge on the Uganda Railway, Nairobi HQ decided to send out three columns to confront the raiders.
Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Feb 3, 2020
Tough Fight in Mwaika Hill - 9 March 1915
Mwaika Hill summit consists of two parallel ridges with a shallow rocky valley separating them. Drought's Troop as leading scouts had just r
Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Feb 2, 2020
The Somali Scouts
Amongst the new units formed in British East Africa after the start of WWI was a mounted unit raised by a well-known settler Berkeley Cole
Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Feb 1, 2020
Recovering the SS Sybil from German territory on Lake Victoria - May 1915
The SS Sybil was one of the smaller steamers on Lake Victoria with a capacity of 700 tons and a speed of 9 knots.
Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Jan 31, 2020
Assault on Mafia Island by KAR - 8 January 1915
Lt Col Mackay developed an intelligence operation in German East Africa from his base on Mafia Island, sending agents to & from the mainland