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**[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/437364.html The Advance into German East Africa: Indian Army Units in Action, March to mid-June 1916] | **[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/437364.html The Advance into German East Africa: Indian Army Units in Action, March to mid-June 1916] | ||
**[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/447622.html The 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis. German East Africa, October 1916 to January 1917] | **[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/447622.html The 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis. German East Africa, October 1916 to January 1917] | ||
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/511922.html "Oranges, Dates and Coconuts: 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force) in Egypt, Palestine, Somaliland and Portuguese East Africa 1916 - 1918"] by Harry Fecitt. ''Harry’s Sideshows'' kaiserscross.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014 | |||
*[http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p4013coll2&CISOPTR=65&CISOBOX=1&REC=1#metajump "Battle of Tanga, German East Africa, 1914"]. Kenneth J Harvey, 2003. Master of Military Art and Science Theses from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. In November 1914, British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" conducted an amphibious assault on the Port of Tanga in German East Africa | *[http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p4013coll2&CISOPTR=65&CISOBOX=1&REC=1#metajump "Battle of Tanga, German East Africa, 1914"]. Kenneth J Harvey, 2003. Master of Military Art and Science Theses from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. In November 1914, British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" conducted an amphibious assault on the Port of Tanga in German East Africa | ||
*[http://www.chakoten.dk/tanga_1914.html#n4 The Battle of Tanga – 1914] by Geoffrey Regan. This article from "Dansk Militærhistorisk Selskab - Chakoten" is in English and Danish and appears to be based on ''Brassey’s Book of Military Blunders'' by Geoffrey Regan | *[http://www.chakoten.dk/tanga_1914.html#n4 The Battle of Tanga – 1914] by Geoffrey Regan. This article from "Dansk Militærhistorisk Selskab - Chakoten" is in English and Danish and appears to be based on ''Brassey’s Book of Military Blunders'' by Geoffrey Regan | ||
*First page only of [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03071846809422315?journalCode=rusi19 "Armoured Trains in British India"] by Colonel A. A. Phillips C.I.E., V.D ''Royal United Services Institution. Journal Volume 113, Issue 651, 1968'' pages 254-257. There is mention of the armoured train crew from the Regiment sent to East Africa during the First World War. They operated until the railway lines were safe from German attacks and then manned a tug on one of the Great Lakes. | *First page only of [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03071846809422315?journalCode=rusi19 "Armoured Trains in British India"] by Colonel A. A. Phillips C.I.E., V.D ''Royal United Services Institution. Journal Volume 113, Issue 651, 1968'' pages 254-257. There is mention of the armoured train crew from the Regiment sent to East Africa during the First World War. They operated until the railway lines were safe from German attacks and then manned a tug on one of the Great Lakes. | ||
*[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums Great War Forum] | *[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums Great War Forum] contains a category "Sub Saharan Africa". | ||
*[http://gweaa.com Great War in Africa Association] | *[http://gweaa.com Great War in Africa Association] | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[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" | *[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. | ||
*[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. | ||
*[https://archive.org/stream/warinafrica1914100onei#page/n11/mode/2up ''The War in Africa, 1914-1917, and in the Far East, 1914''] by H C O’Neil 1918 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/stream/warinafrica1914100onei#page/n11/mode/2up ''The War in Africa, 1914-1917, and in the Far East, 1914''] by H C O’Neil 1918 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/details/britishcampaigns00dane ''British Campaigns in Africa and the Pacific, 1914-1918''] by Edmund Dane 1919 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 | |||
[[Category:First World War]] | [[Category:First World War]] | ||
Revision as of 00:40, 30 September 2014
External links
- Indian Volunteers in the Great War East African Campaign - Western Front Association.
- Harry Fecitt’s Harry’s Africa kaiserscross.com
- "Oranges, Dates and Coconuts: 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force) in Egypt, Palestine, Somaliland and Portuguese East Africa 1916 - 1918" by Harry Fecitt. Harry’s Sideshows kaiserscross.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014
- "Battle of Tanga, German East Africa, 1914". Kenneth J Harvey, 2003. Master of Military Art and Science Theses from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. In November 1914, British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" conducted an amphibious assault on the Port of Tanga in German East Africa
- The Battle of Tanga – 1914 by Geoffrey Regan. This article from "Dansk Militærhistorisk Selskab - Chakoten" is in English and Danish and appears to be based on Brassey’s Book of Military Blunders by Geoffrey Regan
- First page only of "Armoured Trains in British India" by Colonel A. A. Phillips C.I.E., V.D Royal United Services Institution. Journal Volume 113, Issue 651, 1968 pages 254-257. There is mention of the armoured train crew from the Regiment sent to East Africa during the First World War. They operated until the railway lines were safe from German attacks and then manned a tug on one of the Great Lakes.
- Great War Forum contains a category "Sub Saharan Africa".
- Great War in Africa Association
Historical books online
- 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.
- 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.
- The War in Africa, 1914-1917, and in the Far East, 1914 by H C O’Neil 1918 Archive.org
- British Campaigns in Africa and the Pacific, 1914-1918 by Edmund Dane 1919 Archive.org
- "East Africa", page 253 The Post Office of India in the Great War edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org