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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].
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===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://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Military operations : East Africa: Volume I August 1914-September 1916''] compiled 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 Hathi Trust . HathiTrust Digital Library. Part of the series "History of the Great War based on Official Documents". This was Titled Volume I, however the only 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.
: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/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.
: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/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].
*[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/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/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://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 HathiTrust Digital Library. Includes East Africa and the Cameroons. Also available in other online versions, see [[First World War#Naval|First World Warhttps://archive.org/details/sea-Historical books online-Naval]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 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.
*"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/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]].
