Pangani | Heroes of EA WW1

Royal Navy Captures Bagamoyo - 15 August 1916

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

Taking Tanga & Mopping up German troops to Pangani 1916

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

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

Fight in thick bush on the Pangani at Mkalamo

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

Advancing down the Pangani Valley

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

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'

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