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*[https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns00dane ''British Campaigns in Africa and the Pacific, 1914-1918''] by Edmund Dane 1919 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns00dane ''British Campaigns in Africa and the Pacific, 1914-1918''] by Edmund Dane 1919 Archive.org | ||
*[https://archive.org/stream/historyofgreatwa04buch#page/104/mode/2up "The Conquest of East Africa January 1915- November 26, 1917"] page 105 ''A History of the Great War, Volume IV'' by John Buchan 1923 Archive.org. For other volumes in this series, see [[First World War#Historical books online 2| First World War - Historical books online]]. | *[https://archive.org/stream/historyofgreatwa04buch#page/104/mode/2up "The Conquest of East Africa January 1915- November 26, 1917"] page 105 ''A History of the Great War, Volume IV'' by John Buchan 1923 Archive.org. For other volumes in this series, see [[First World War#Historical books online 2| First World War - Historical books online]]. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/ | *[https://archive.org/details/the-empire-at-war-vol-4/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Empire at War Volume 4 Africa''] edited by Sir Charles Lucas 1926 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/empireatwarvol4/page/n17/mode/2up 2nd file], with better photographs. Archive.org. Arranged by the Royal Colonial Institute, (now known as the Royal Commonwealth Society), with "official" help in providing information for the text. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/ontokilimanjarob0000gard ''On to Kilimanjaro; the bizarre story of the First World War in East Africa''] by Brian Gardner 1963. Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/ontokilimanjarob0000gard ''On to Kilimanjaro; the bizarre story of the First World War in East Africa''] by Brian Gardner 1963. Archive.org Texts to Borrow. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.525169 ''Duel For Kilimanjaro An Account Of The East African Campaign 1914-1918''] by Leonard Mosley c 1963. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. | *[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.525169 ''Duel For Kilimanjaro An Account Of The East African Campaign 1914-1918''] by Leonard Mosley c 1963. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/guerillacolonelv00hoyt/mode/2up ''Guerilla : Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck and Germany's East African Empire''] by Edwin P Hoyt 1981 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/guerillacolonelv00hoyt/mode/2up ''Guerilla : Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck and Germany's East African Empire''] by Edwin P Hoyt 1981 Archive.org Texts to Borrow. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/greatwarinafrica00byro/page/n5 ''The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918''] by Byron Farwell 1986 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/greatwarinafrica00byro/page/n5 ''The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918''] by Byron Farwell 1986 Archive.org Texts to Borrow. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofmi00rega/page/4/mode/2up "The Battle of Tanga (1914)"] page 4 ''The Guinness Book of Military Blunders'' by Geoffrey Regan 1995 edition, first published 1991. Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofmi00rega/page/4/mode/2up "The Battle of Tanga (1914)"] page 4 ''The Guinness Book of Military Blunders'' by Geoffrey Regan 1995 edition, first published 1991. Archive.org Texts to Borrow. | ||
*[https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Corps-History-Vol-07.pdf ''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Volume VII: Campaigns in Mesopotamia and East Africa, and the inter-war period, 1918-38''] edited by H.L. Pritchard, published 1952. nzsappers.org.nz | *[https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Corps-History-Vol-07.pdf ''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Volume VII: Campaigns in Mesopotamia and East Africa, and the inter-war period, 1918-38''] edited by H.L. Pritchard, published 1952. nzsappers.org.nz | ||
:[http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24628 "Inland Waterways and Docks, Royal Engineers in War Time, with special reference to the mystery port of Richborough (Lecture & Discussion)"] by Captain A E Battle, RE ''Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers'' 1923-1924, pages 104-116. Includes Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia, and brief mention of other theatres of war Egypt, Salonika, East Africa, Italy and Northern Russia. Melbourne University Digital Collection. | :[http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24628 "Inland Waterways and Docks, Royal Engineers in War Time, with special reference to the mystery port of Richborough (Lecture & Discussion)"] by Captain A E Battle, RE ''Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers'' 1923-1924, pages 104-116. Includes Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia, and brief mention of other theatres of war Egypt, Salonika, East Africa, Italy and Northern Russia. Melbourne University Digital Collection. | ||
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*** The article "A Backwater. Lake Victoria Nyanza during the campaign against German East Africa" by Lt. M A Chapman RN from ''The Naval Review'' 1921, page 287 is available online on a pay basis from The Naval Review. See [[Royal Navy]] for access details. | *** The article "A Backwater. Lake Victoria Nyanza during the campaign against German East Africa" by Lt. M A Chapman RN from ''The Naval Review'' 1921, page 287 is available online on a pay basis from The Naval Review. See [[Royal Navy]] for access details. | ||
***[https://archive.org/details/konigsbergadventure/page/225/mode/2up Chapter 11 "Tanganyika Tactics"] page 225 ''The "Königsberg" Adventure'' by E. Keble Chatterton 1932 Archive.org. | ***[https://archive.org/details/konigsbergadventure/page/225/mode/2up Chapter 11 "Tanganyika Tactics"] page 225 ''The "Königsberg" Adventure'' by E. Keble Chatterton 1932 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 | ***[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 Texts to Borrow. | ||
***The above operations inspired the novel ''The African Queen'' by C S Forester first published 1935, available online, refer Fiction below, the basis for the 1951 movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. | ***The above operations inspired the novel ''The African Queen'' by C S Forester first published 1935, available online, refer Fiction below, the basis for the 1951 movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. | ||
***[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol014ds.html "Naval Ships Move Overland up Africa"] by Comdt. D. O. Stratford. South African ''Military History Journal'' Vol 1 No 4 - June 1969. | ***[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol014ds.html "Naval Ships Move Overland up Africa"] by Comdt. D. O. Stratford. South African ''Military History Journal'' Vol 1 No 4 - June 1969. | ||
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:Other Indian Army regimental histories see [[101st Grenadiers]]- service in East Africa, including Tanga. | :Other Indian Army regimental histories see [[101st Grenadiers]]- service in East Africa, including Tanga. | ||
:[https://archive.org/details/22ndderajatmountainbty/page/n7/mode/2up ''Historical Record of 22nd Derajat Pack Battery (Frontier Force)''] 1921. Archive.org. Includes German and Portuguese East Africa. | :[https://archive.org/details/22ndderajatmountainbty/page/n7/mode/2up ''Historical Record of 22nd Derajat Pack Battery (Frontier Force)''] 1921. Archive.org. Includes German and Portuguese East Africa. | ||
:[https://archive.org/details/onfrontlinetruew0000unse/page/338/mode/2up "The Devil - My Friend"] by Charles Trehane, page 338 ''True World War I Stories'' 1999, being a reprint of ''Everyman at War: Sixty Personal Narratives of the War'' edited by C. B. Purdom 1930. Captain C H Trehane 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force), Indian Army was in German East Africa in 1917. Archive.org | :[https://archive.org/details/onfrontlinetruew0000unse/page/338/mode/2up "The Devil - My Friend"] by Charles Trehane, page 338 ''True World War I Stories'' 1999, being a reprint of ''Everyman at War: Sixty Personal Narratives of the War'' edited by C. B. Purdom 1930. Captain C H Trehane 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force), Indian Army was in German East Africa in 1917. Archive.org Texts to Borrow. | ||
*[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi199edinuoft#page/720/mode/2up "A Side Show (to the memory of some very gallant gentlemen)"] by "Ganpat" (M L A G) page 721 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 199 Jan-June 1916. Archive.org. [Tanga, East Africa]. The author "Ganpat" is [[M L A Gompertz "Ganpat"|M L A Gompertz]]. | *[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi199edinuoft#page/720/mode/2up "A Side Show (to the memory of some very gallant gentlemen)"] by "Ganpat" (M L A G) page 721 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 199 Jan-June 1916. Archive.org. [Tanga, East Africa]. The author "Ganpat" is [[M L A Gompertz "Ganpat"|M L A Gompertz]]. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/onsafari1917/page/n7/mode/2up ''On Safari. Experiences of a Gunner in the East African Campaign''] by F. C. [F H Cooper] 1917. The author was with the South African Artillery. | *[https://archive.org/details/onsafari1917/page/n7/mode/2up ''On Safari. Experiences of a Gunner in the East African Campaign''] by F. C. [F H Cooper] 1917. The author was with the South African Artillery. | ||
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011947036?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''"Severn's" Saga''] by E. Keble Chatterton 1938 HathiTrust Digital Library. HMS Severn of the Royal Navy in East Africa. [https://archive.org/details/severnssaga/page/n9/mode/2up Archive.org version]. | *[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011947036?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''"Severn's" Saga''] by E. Keble Chatterton 1938 HathiTrust Digital Library. HMS Severn of the Royal Navy in East Africa. [https://archive.org/details/severnssaga/page/n9/mode/2up Archive.org version]. | ||
:[https://archive.org/details/konigsbergadventure/page/n9/mode/2up ''The "Königsberg" Adventure''] by E. Keble Chatterton 1932 Archive.org. Includes content about the Tanganyika Naval Expedition, refer above, and the gunboats 'Mimi' and 'Toutou' in the chapter commencing page 225. | :[https://archive.org/details/konigsbergadventure/page/n9/mode/2up ''The "Königsberg" Adventure''] by E. Keble Chatterton 1932 Archive.org. Includes content about the Tanganyika Naval Expedition, refer above, and the gunboats 'Mimi' and 'Toutou' in the chapter commencing page 225. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/earlybird00moor/mode/2up ''Early Bird''] by Major W G Moore 1963. Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/earlybird00moor/mode/2up ''Early Bird''] by Major W G Moore 1963. Archive.org Texts to Borrow. He was a Naval airman during WW1, who flew from the Navy's first Aircraft Carrier, 'Furious'. He also took part in the East African Campaign, with a seaplane squadron. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/fromdartmouthtod00unse ''From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles, a midshipman's log, edited by his mother''] 1916 Archive.org. Includes two chapters on East Africa. Note: the first page of the Foreword advises that due to tradition, the names of officers and ships have been suppressed- those of the midshipmen mentioned are all fictitious. | *[https://archive.org/details/fromdartmouthtod00unse ''From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles, a midshipman's log, edited by his mother''] 1916 Archive.org. Includes two chapters on East Africa. Note: the first page of the Foreword advises that due to tradition, the names of officers and ships have been suppressed- those of the midshipmen mentioned are all fictitious. | ||
*"Eighteen Months Shore Service in German East Africa" by Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Cecil G Sprague R N. [https://archive.org/stream/JRNMSVOL5Images/JRNMS_VOL_5#page/n247/mode/2up Pages 184-192] and [https://archive.org/stream/JRNMSVOL5Images/JRNMS_VOL_5#page/n397/mode/2up pages 306-316] ''Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service'', Volume 5 1919 Archive.org | *"Eighteen Months Shore Service in German East Africa" by Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Cecil G Sprague R N. [https://archive.org/stream/JRNMSVOL5Images/JRNMS_VOL_5#page/n247/mode/2up Pages 184-192] and [https://archive.org/stream/JRNMSVOL5Images/JRNMS_VOL_5#page/n397/mode/2up pages 306-316] ''Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service'', Volume 5 1919 Archive.org | ||
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*"An Airman’s Experiences in East Africa" by Leo Walmsley. ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 206-207 July 1919-June 1920 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi206edinuoft#page/632/mode/2up Page 633], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi206edinuoft#page/788/mode/2up page 788], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagaz207edinuoft#page/52/mode/2up page 53], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagaz207edinuoft#page/188/mode/2up page 189]. Walmsley was part of 26 (South Africa) Squadron RFC. | *"An Airman’s Experiences in East Africa" by Leo Walmsley. ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 206-207 July 1919-June 1920 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi206edinuoft#page/632/mode/2up Page 633], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi206edinuoft#page/788/mode/2up page 788], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagaz207edinuoft#page/52/mode/2up page 53], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagaz207edinuoft#page/188/mode/2up page 189]. Walmsley was part of 26 (South Africa) Squadron RFC. | ||
:The accounts appear to be extensive extracts from the book [https://archive.org/details/flying-sport-east-africa/page/n11/mode/2up ''Flying and Sport in East Africa''] by Leo Walmsley 1920 Archive.org. | :The accounts appear to be extensive extracts from the book [https://archive.org/details/flying-sport-east-africa/page/n11/mode/2up ''Flying and Sport in East Africa''] by Leo Walmsley 1920 Archive.org. | ||
:[https://archive.org/details/turnoftide0000walm/page/n7 ''Turn of the Tide''] by Leo Walmsley 1945. Archive.org | :[https://archive.org/details/turnoftide0000walm/page/n7 ''Turn of the Tide''] by Leo Walmsley 1945. Archive.org Texts to Borrow. Contains [https://archive.org/details/turnoftide0000walm/page/104/mode/2up/ a chapter on WW1 in East Africa from page 105]. Published in England under the title ''So Many Loves''. | ||
:''Shells and bright stones : a biography of Leo Walmsley'' by Nona Stead, available at the British Library UIN: BLL01007454401 is elsewhere stated to contain information about East Africa. | :''Shells and bright stones : a biography of Leo Walmsley'' by Nona Stead, available at the British Library UIN: BLL01007454401 is elsewhere stated to contain information about East Africa. | ||
*From ''The Motor Cycle'' Archive.org | *From ''The Motor Cycle'' Archive.org | ||
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*''General Botha, the Career and the Man'' by Harold Spender 1916 includes Chapters 14 and 15 1914-1915 [https://archive.org/details/generalbotha00spen/page/284/mode/2up pages 285-] Archive.org | *''General Botha, the Career and the Man'' by Harold Spender 1916 includes Chapters 14 and 15 1914-1915 [https://archive.org/details/generalbotha00spen/page/284/mode/2up pages 285-] Archive.org | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/withbothasmutsin00whitrich ''With Botha and Smuts in Africa''] by W Wittall Late Lieutenant–Commander, RN, Armoured Car Division 1917 Archive.org. Also includes East Africa. | *[https://archive.org/details/withbothasmutsin00whitrich ''With Botha and Smuts in Africa''] by W Wittall Late Lieutenant–Commander, RN, Armoured Car Division 1917 Archive.org. Also includes East Africa. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/generallouisboth1970mein/page/252 "German South-West Africa"] page 253, ''General Louis Botha: a Biography'' by Johannes Meintjes 1970. Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/generallouisboth1970mein/page/252 "German South-West Africa"] page 253, ''General Louis Botha: a Biography'' by Johannes Meintjes 1970. Archive.org Texts to Borrow. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/doctorsdiaryinda00walkrich ''A Doctor's Diary in Damaraland''] by Dr H F B Walker , late Captain RAMC 1917 Archive.org. Damaraland was the central portion of German South-West Africa. | *[https://archive.org/details/doctorsdiaryinda00walkrich ''A Doctor's Diary in Damaraland''] by Dr H F B Walker , late Captain RAMC 1917 Archive.org. Damaraland was the central portion of German South-West Africa. | ||
*[https://archive.org/stream/truestoriesofg03mill#page/230/mode/2up "Our Escape from German South West Africa"] by Corporal H J McElnea, late of the Imperial Light Horse, South Africa. Page 231, ''True stories of the Great War, Volume III''. Editor in Chief Francis Trevelyan Miller 1917. Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/stream/truestoriesofg03mill#page/230/mode/2up "Our Escape from German South West Africa"] by Corporal H J McElnea, late of the Imperial Light Horse, South Africa. Page 231, ''True stories of the Great War, Volume III''. Editor in Chief Francis Trevelyan Miller 1917. Archive.org | ||