Harry Fecitt MBE, TDSep 3, 2020Royal Navy Captures Bagamoyo - 15 August 1916The Army requested that the Royal Navy seize Bagamoyo (a former capital of German East Africa).
Harry Fecitt MBE, TDAug 11, 2020Taking Tanga & Mopping up German troops to Pangani 1916Supply lorries were fired upon, motor ambulances blown up by mines, telegraph & telephone wires cut.
Harry Fecitt MBE, TDJul 25, 2020Fight for Zuganatto Bridge - 15 & 15 June 1916At 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, TDJul 3, 2020Fight in thick bush on the Pangani at MkalamoThe southern British advance into German East Africa (Tanzania) was down the Pangani River and the adjacent Usambara railway track.
Harry Fecitt MBE, TDJun 21, 2020Advancing down the Pangani ValleyThis article complements the previous one on Hannyngton's Loop. Whilst Brigadier Hannyngton advanced with Centre Column down the Usambara...
Harry Fecitt MBE, TDJun 14, 2020Centre & Eastern Column on 'Hannyngton's Loop' - May 1916Hannyngton was to continue his advance, with the South Pare hills to his right, down to Mkomazi a diversion named 'Hannyngton’s Loop'