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*''The Post Office of India in the Great War'' edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org. [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n273/mode/2up "East Africa"], page 253.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30182/supplement/7067 "Military affairs in Rhodesia from the outbreak of the war to the beginning of 1916"] ''The London Gazette'' 13 July 1917 Supplement: 30182 Page: 7067. Includes
**[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30182/supplement/7070 The Tanganyika Naval Expedition] [1915-1916] ''The London Gazette'' 13 July 1917 Supplement: 30182 Page: 7070. This incident inspired ''The African Queen'', the 1935 novel by C. S. Forester and 1951 film (starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn) and was retold in the book ''Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle for Lake Tanganyika'' by Giles Foden.
***[https://archive.org/stream/unitedempire09royauoft#page/287/mode/1up "Naval Operations in Central Africa"] by Commander G B Spicer Simson RN, page 287 ''United Empire The Royal Colonial Institute Journal'' Volume IX New Series 1918 Archive.org. The Tanganyika Naval Expedition.
***[https://archive.org/details/wideworldmagazi00unkngoog/page/n333 "The Battle for the Lake"] by Harwood Koppel, page 305 February 1919, ''The Wide World: the magazine for everybody, Volume 42''. As told by Lieutenant-- of the Artillery. Archive.org
***[https://archive.org/details/mimitoutousbigad00fode/mode/2up ''Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure : the Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika''] by Giles Foden 2005. USA title. Originally published in UK 2004 with title ''Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika'' by Giles Foden. Mimi and Toutou were gunboats. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
***The above operations inspired the novel ''The African Queen'' by C S Forester first published 1935, available online , refer below, the basis for the 1951 movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.
*''Taking Tanganyika: Experiences of an Intelligence Officer 1914-1918'' by Christopher J. Thornhill c 1937 is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/taking-tanganyika-experiences-of-an-intelligence-officer-1914-1918/ ''Taking Tanganyika: Experiences of an Intelligence Officer 1914-1918''] by Christopher J. Thornhill. Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8zdzOfWaRVpBjFOt2 online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3], (located in World War2/Military books/East Africa).
*[https://archive.org/details/fourthsupplement00grea ''Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 2nd of April, 1918''] Archive.org . The Supplement date is 5 April 1918. East Africa.
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26642 ''Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force''] by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrator Ernest Prater. 1918 gutenberg.org. [https://archive.org/details/wilmshurstofthef26642gut Archive.org version]
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39912 ''Tom Willoughby's Scouts: A Story of the War in German East Africa''] by Herbert Strang. Illustrator Wal Paget. 1919 gutenberg.org.
*The Tanganyika Naval Expedition, refer above, inspired [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.182328/page/n3/mode/2up ''The African Queen''] by C S Forester 1940 edition, first published 1935. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201179/page/n3/mode/2up Another edition], but missing at least initial pages. Both Archive.org. There was a later movie in 1951 starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.
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