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:[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]. | :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/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/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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* ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War'' by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.274726 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India . Includes a chapter on East Africa. | * ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War'' by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.274726 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India . Includes a chapter on East Africa. | ||
*''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. | *''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. | ||
*''Records of the Survey of India, Volume 20. The War Record 1914-1920'' 1925. [https://archive.org/details/records-survey-india-vol.-20 Archive.org version], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=jAFEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books version]. Work of Royal Engineers and other staff of the Survey of India mapping in various theatres of war, in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, Macedonia, Arabia, Persia, Palestine, East Africa and Afghanistan. | |||
*[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/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. | **[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. | ||
***[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/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/ | ***[https://archive.org/details/wideworldmag-1919-v42/page/305/mode/2up "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 | ||
*** 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/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. | ***[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. | ||
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*[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/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 HathiTrust 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/earlybird00moor/mode/2up ''Early Bird''] by Major W G Moore 1963. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. 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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*[https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto03rale ''War in the Air: being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, Volume III''] by H A Jones 1931 Archive.org. Part of the series "History of the Great War based on Official Documents". Includes German East Africa. | *[https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto03rale ''War in the Air: being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, Volume III''] by H A Jones 1931 Archive.org. Part of the series "History of the Great War based on Official Documents". Includes German East Africa. | ||
*"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 extracts from the book ''Flying and Sport in East Africa'' | :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 Books to Borrow/Lending Library. 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''. | :[https://archive.org/details/turnoftide0000walm/page/n7 ''Turn of the Tide''] by Leo Walmsley 1945. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. 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. | ||
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*[https://archive.org/details/wide-world-mag-1917-v39/page/413/mode/2up "Humours of the East African Campaign"] by “A. E. M. M.”, a signaller in the East African Mounted Rifles, locally known as Bowker’s Horse, page 414 ''The Wide World Magazine. Volume 39 1917 May-October'' Archive.org. With illustrations. Also included, without illustrations at [https://archive.org/stream/truestoriesofgre04mill#page/254/mode/2up page 254] ''True Stories of the Great War, Volume IV.'' Editor in Chief Francis Trevelyan Miller 1917 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/wide-world-mag-1917-v39/page/413/mode/2up "Humours of the East African Campaign"] by “A. E. M. M.”, a signaller in the East African Mounted Rifles, locally known as Bowker’s Horse, page 414 ''The Wide World Magazine. Volume 39 1917 May-October'' Archive.org. With illustrations. Also included, without illustrations at [https://archive.org/stream/truestoriesofgre04mill#page/254/mode/2up page 254] ''True Stories of the Great War, Volume IV.'' Editor in Chief Francis Trevelyan Miller 1917 Archive.org | ||
:[https://archive.org/details/wideworldmag-1919-v42/page/503/mode/2up "Humours of the East African Campaign"] [cont] by “A. E. M. M.”, page 504, April 1919, ''The Wide World: the magazine for everybody, Volume 42''. | :[https://archive.org/details/wideworldmag-1919-v42/page/503/mode/2up "Humours of the East African Campaign"] [cont] by “A. E. M. M.”, page 504, April 1919, ''The Wide World: the magazine for everybody, Volume 42''. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/the-wide-world-magazine-us-v-41-n-243-1918-07/page/234/mode/2up "My Experiences in German East Africa"] by James Henry Butcher pages 235-243 ''The Wide World'' Volume 41, July 1918. Archive.org The author was a private in the South African Infantry. | |||
*From ''The Wide World: the magazine for everybody, Volume 42'' 1918-1919. Archive.org. | *From ''The Wide World: the magazine for everybody, Volume 42'' 1918-1919. Archive.org. | ||
**[https://archive.org/details/wideworldmag-1919-v42/page/103/mode/2up "Sport and War in Central Africa"] [Rhodesia] by Edward F Holland page 104, December 1918. | **[https://archive.org/details/wideworldmag-1919-v42/page/103/mode/2up "Sport and War in Central Africa"] [Rhodesia] by Edward F Holland page 104, December 1918. | ||
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*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. | *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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==References== | ==References== |