The Heroes
of the East African Campaign

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

High in the South Pare Mountains above Mombo was the German hill-station of Wilhelmstal

Hannyngton was to continue his advance, with the South Pare hills to his right, down to Mkomazi a diversion named 'Hannyngton’s Loop'