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***[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. | ||
***''The Phantom Flotilla. The Story of the Naval Africa Expedition, 1915-16'' by Peter Shankland 1973 (originally published 1968) is available at the British Library BLL01003355955. This book is based on interviews with Hother McCormick Hanschell who was the doctor with the expedition<ref>Guest Karin Eldredge [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/173482-royal-naval-expedition-to-lake-tanganyika/?do=findComment&comment=2498471 Royal Naval Expedition to Lake Tanganyika] ''Great War Forum'' 26 February 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2023.</ref>. | ***''The Phantom Flotilla. The Story of the Naval Africa Expedition, 1915-16'' by Peter Shankland 1973 (originally published 1968) is available at the British Library BLL01003355955. This book is based on interviews with Hother McCormick Hanschell who was the doctor with the expedition<ref>Guest Karin Eldredge [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/173482-royal-naval-expedition-to-lake-tanganyika/?do=findComment&comment=2498471 Royal Naval Expedition to Lake Tanganyika] ''Great War Forum'' 26 February 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2023.</ref>. | ||
*''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/ | *''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/publication/933/military-books/browse online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3], (located in Military books/East Africa). [https://www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk/_site/custom/database/default.asp?a=viewIndividual&pid=2&person=4087 Biographical details] europeansineastafrica.co.uk. | ||
*[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. | *[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. | ||
*[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 South West 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 South West Africa. | ||
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*[http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER297638 ''Hunting the Hun in British [i.e. German<nowiki>]</nowiki> South West Africa : a series of sketches on the humourous side of the G.S.W.A. campaign''] by W. H. Kirby [1915]. The author served with the Natal Light Horse, and was previously artist [cartoonist] for a newspaper. State Library of Victoria. | *[http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER297638 ''Hunting the Hun in British [i.e. German<nowiki>]</nowiki> South West Africa : a series of sketches on the humourous side of the G.S.W.A. campaign''] by W. H. Kirby [1915]. The author served with the Natal Light Horse, and was previously artist [cartoonist] for a newspaper. State Library of Victoria. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/ReportOnTheNativesOfSouthWestAfricaAndTheirTreatmentByGermanyBlueBook ''Report on the Natives of South West Africa and their Treatment by Germany''] Presented to both Houses of Parliament August 1918, published by HMSO. Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/ReportOnTheNativesOfSouthWestAfricaAndTheirTreatmentByGermanyBlueBook ''Report on the Natives of South West Africa and their Treatment by Germany''] Presented to both Houses of Parliament August 1918, published by HMSO. Archive.org | ||
*[https://www.fold3.com/ | *[https://www.fold3.com/publication/933/military-books/browse ''The Campaign in German South West Africa, 1914-1915''] is available on fold3.com, a pay website owned by Ancestry, located in Military Books/West Africa. This is most likely a Naval & Military Press reprint version of the book by the same title by John Johnston Collyer, originally published Pretoria: Govt. Printer, 1937 (although the front covers differ slightly). The official South Africa history. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01000749862 and in later reprint editions by Imperial War Museums, including Naval & Military Press.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/the-campaign-in-german-south-west-africa-1914-1915/ ''The Campaign in German South West Africa, 1914-1915''] Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref> | ||
====Togoland and the Cameroons==== | ====Togoland and the Cameroons==== | ||
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*[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi198edinuoft#page/716/mode/2up "Doing Her Bit. An Account of a Cruiser’s Operations in the Cameroons"] by Guns.Q.F.C. page 717 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 198 July-December 1915. Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi198edinuoft#page/716/mode/2up "Doing Her Bit. An Account of a Cruiser’s Operations in the Cameroons"] by Guns.Q.F.C. page 717 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 198 July-December 1915. Archive.org | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/correspondencere00grea ''Correspondence relative to the alleged ill-treatment of German subjects captured in the Cameroons''] Presented to both Houses of Parliament November 1915 HMSO London 1915 Archive.org. | *[https://archive.org/details/correspondencere00grea ''Correspondence relative to the alleged ill-treatment of German subjects captured in the Cameroons''] Presented to both Houses of Parliament November 1915 HMSO London 1915 Archive.org. | ||
*[https://www.fold3.com/ | *[https://www.fold3.com/publication/933/military-books/browse ''The Great War in West Africa''] by Edmund Howard Gorges, Commandant West African Regt, originally published c 1916, is available on fold3.com, a pay website owned by Ancestry, located in Military Books (locate from the Search)/West Africa. This is an online version of a Naval & Military Press reprint edition.<ref> | ||
[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/great-war-in-west-africa/ ''Great War in West Africa''] by Edmund Howard Gorges, originally published c 1916. Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref> | [https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/great-war-in-west-africa/ ''Great War in West Africa''] by Edmund Howard Gorges, originally published c 1916. Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref> | ||