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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/7/17250  Collection 425/95 Operations in East Africa: reports of engagements, honours and rewards IOR/L/MIL/7/17250 1914-1919] British Library Digitised Manuscripts. Awards to both British and Indian soldiers. From [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=ior!l!mil!7!17250_f224r page 224] there is a description of the action which took place on the Tsavo River on 6th September 1914.
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/7/17250  Collection 425/95 Operations in East Africa: reports of engagements, honours and rewards IOR/L/MIL/7/17250 1914-1919] British Library Digitised Manuscripts. Awards to both British and Indian soldiers. From [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=ior!l!mil!7!17250_f224r page 224] there is a description of the action which took place on the Tsavo River on 6th September 1914.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Military operations : East Africa: Volume I August 1914-September 1916''] compiled by Charles Hordern 1941 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Part of the series "History of the Great War based on Official Documents". This was the only volume published.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Military operations : East Africa: Volume I August 1914-September 1916''] Compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hordern, late Royal Engineers and General staff, founded on a draft by the late Major H FitzM Stacke. Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1941. HathiTrust Digital Library. Part of the series "History of the Great War based on Official Documents". Titled Volume I,  however the planned second volume was never published.  
:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=12 Contents] page viii; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=629 General Index] page 583; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=643 Index to Arms, Formations and Units] page 597; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=651 Maps at end of book], after page 603.
:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=12 Contents] page viii; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=629 General Index] page 583; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=643 Index to Arms, Formations and Units] page 597; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=651 Maps at end of book], after page 603.
:Also available [https://archive.org/details/military-operations-east-africa/page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ULwiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Google Books].
*[https://archive.org/details/myreminiscenceso00lettuoft ''My Reminiscences Of East Africa'']  by General von Lettow-Vorbeck, [the German commander], published London,  c 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/myreminiscenceso00lettuoft ''My Reminiscences Of East Africa'']  by General von Lettow-Vorbeck, [the German commander], published London,  c 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/somenotesontacti00sheprich "Some Notes on Tactics in the East African Campaign"] by Brig-General S H Sheppard from ''The Journal of the United Service Institution of India''  Vol. XLVIII April 1919 pages 138-157. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/somenotesontacti00sheprich "Some Notes on Tactics in the East African Campaign"] by Brig-General S H Sheppard from ''The Journal of the United Service Institution of India''  Vol. XLVIII April 1919 pages 138-157. Archive.org.
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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/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 Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[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 Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[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]
*[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]].
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b742748?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Sketches of The East Africa Campaign''] by Capt. Robert V. Dolbey, R.A.M.C.  1918 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available as a [https://archive.org/details/sketchesoftheeas10362gut transcribed Project Gutenberg edition]  Archive.org, or from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10362 Gutenberg.org].
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b742748?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Sketches of The East Africa Campaign''] by Capt. Robert V. Dolbey, R.A.M.C.  1918 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available as a [https://archive.org/details/sketchesoftheeas10362gut transcribed Project Gutenberg edition]  Archive.org, or from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10362 Gutenberg.org].
*[https://archive.org/details/royalfusiliersin00onei/page/n9 ''The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War''] by H C O'Neill 1922 Archive.org. In addition to the [[Western Front]], includes [[Gallipoli]], [[Salonika]] and  the 25th Royal Fusiliers in East Africa, from page 269.
*[https://archive.org/details/royalfusiliersin00onei/page/n9 ''The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War''] by H C O'Neill 1922 Archive.org. In addition to the [[Western Front]], includes [[Gallipoli]], [[Salonika]] and  the 25th Royal Fusiliers in East Africa, from page 269.
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*[https://archive.org/details/goldcoastregimen00clif ''The Gold Coast Regiment in the East African Campaign''] by  Sir Hugh Clifford  1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/goldcoastregimen00clif ''The Gold Coast Regiment in the East African Campaign''] by  Sir Hugh Clifford  1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/storyof1stbattal00diffuoft/page/n3  ''The Story of the 1st Battalion Cape Corps, 1915-1919''] by Captain Ivor D Difford [1920] Archive.org. Includes  service in East Africa, and [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Egypt and Palestine]].
*[https://archive.org/details/storyof1stbattal00diffuoft/page/n3  ''The Story of the 1st Battalion Cape Corps, 1915-1919''] by Captain Ivor D Difford [1920] Archive.org. Includes  service in East Africa, and [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Egypt and Palestine]].
*[https://archive.org/details/navyeverywhere00cato ''The Navy Everywhere''] by Conrad Cato  1919. Archive.org Includes "The Navy in East Africa"
*[https://archive.org/details/navyeverywhere00cato ''The Navy Everywhere''] by Conrad Cato [real name Cyril Cox RNR<ref> Homercox. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/210056-who-was-conrad-cato/ Who was Conrad Cato?] Great War Forum 9 January 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.</ref>] 1919. Archive.org. Includes "The Navy in East Africa".
:Part of the contents of this book were included in the 2013 reprint ''The Shallow End of War: Accounts of the Royal Navy in the 'Sideshow' Theatres of the First World War, 1914-18''
*[http://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/world-war-i-naval-staff-monographs  ''World War I Naval Staff Monographs''].  Select ''Volume 2:  East Africa to July 1916. Cameroons 1914'', to download a pdf.  Published London c 1920.  Royal Australian Navy website (Select Media Room/Publications/World War I Naval Staff Monographs)
*[http://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/world-war-i-naval-staff-monographs  ''World War I Naval Staff Monographs''].  Select ''Volume 2:  East Africa to July 1916. Cameroons 1914'', to download a pdf.  Published London c 1920.  Royal Australian Navy website (Select Media Room/Publications/World War I Naval Staff Monographs)
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89100004282?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919'']. Compiled by General Sir H. E. Blumberg, Royal Marines  1927. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Includes East Africa and the Cameroons. Also available in other online versions, see [[First World War#Naval|First World War-Historical books online-Naval]].
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89100004282?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919'']. Compiled by General Sir H. E. Blumberg, Royal Marines  1927. HathiTrust Digital Library. Includes East Africa and the Cameroons. [https://archive.org/details/sea-soldiers/page/n15/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011947036?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''"Severn's" Saga''] by E. Keble Chatterton 1938 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  HMS Severn of the Royal Navy in East Africa.
*[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/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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*''Military Operations  East Africa  Volume I August 1914-September 1916'' compiled by Charles Hordern 1941 [https://archive.org/details/military-operations-east-africa/page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ULwiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Google Books]. Part of the series "History of the Great War based on Official Documents". Titled Volume I,  however the planned second volume was never published. Compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hordern, late Royal Engineers and General staff, founded on a draft by the late Major H FitzM Stacke. Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office.
*The author "Ganpat", author of "A Side Show (to the memory of some very gallant gentlemen)" (1916) is  [[M L A Gompertz "Ganpat"|M L A Gompertz]].
*[https://archive.org/details/navyeverywhere00cato ''The Navy Everywhere''] by Conrad Cato [real name Cyril Cox RNR<ref> Homercox. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/210056-who-was-conrad-cato/ Who was Conrad Cato?] Great War Forum 9 January 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.</ref>]  1919. Archive.org
:Part of the contents of this book were included in the 2013 reprint ''The Shallow End of War: Accounts of the Royal Navy in the 'Sideshow' Theatres of the First World War, 1914-18''
*''Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919'' [https://archive.org/details/sea-soldiers/page/n15/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/generalsmutscamp00crow/page/n7/mode/2up ''General Smuts' Campaign in East Africa''] by Brig.-General J H V Crowe with an Introduction by Lieut.- General the Rt. Hon. J C Smuts 1918 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/generalsmutscamp00crow/page/n7/mode/2up ''General Smuts' Campaign in East Africa''] by Brig.-General J H V Crowe with an Introduction by Lieut.- General the Rt. Hon. J C Smuts 1918 Archive.org
*''History of the Great War based on official documents. Order of Battle of Divisions Parts 1, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B and 4'' all by Major A.F. Becke (London: HMSO, 1935-1945). Most are available on Archive.org or Google Books, and all on  the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, which also includes a later Index volume. For details see [[Western Front#Official Histories and Battles|Western Front- Historical books online-Official Histories and Battles]].
*''History of the Great War based on official documents. Order of Battle of Divisions Parts 1, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B and 4'' all by Major A.F. Becke (London: HMSO, 1935-1945). Most are available on Archive.org or Google Books, and all on  the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, which also includes a later Index volume. For details see [[Western Front#Official Histories and Battles|Western Front- Historical books online-Official Histories and Battles]].
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