THE EXPULSION OF VON LETTOW-VORBECK FROM
THE NYASSA COMPANY’S TERRITORY AND THE
RETURN OF THE GOLD COAST REGIMENT
On the 16th May “Rosecol” left Msalu, and marching along bush paths in a
westerly direction, leaving the road to Lusinje on the north and having
the Msalu River on its right, began a movement which was designed to cut
the main road between Lusinje and Nanungu. Camping for two nights in the
bush—orchard country which, though the soil was of a rocky character,
was broken by frequent patches of cultivated land—the column crossed
this road on the 18th May, and pushed on toward Chisona. On reaching the
Lusinje–Nanungu road, a patrol was dispatched to examine the ford across
the Msalu River, and on approaching it was fired upon by a party which
proved to be composed of scouts belonging to the Rhodesian Native
Regiment—part of the weak column which General Northey had sent out
across the Rovuma River. Connection was thus established for the first
time with this force.
On the 19th May “Rosecol” continued its march to Chisona, where it
camped on the banks of the Msalu River at a place about two miles from
the column from “Norforce” above mentioned, which was under the command
of Colonel Griffiths. The river was unfordable at this season of the
year, but the battery-carriers quickly constructed a bridge under the
personal supervision of Colonel Goodwin, who, as a former commander of
the Pioneer Company, had proved himself, both in the Kameruns and in
East Africa, to possess a special gift for such improvizations.
On the 20th May the column crossed the Msalu, and marched due south to
within five miles of Chilonga, I Company leading the advance and doing
what it could to widen and improve the existing paths so as to
facilitate the passage of the column. On the 21st May the latter pushed
on twelve miles in a westerly direction and camped at a spot some three
miles to the north of the road to Mahua. Five companies of the enemy,
under Kohl, were reported to be on this road; and it was here learned
that “Kartucol” had entered and occupied Nanungu without opposition, and
was advancing along the Mahua road. This advance had been opposed by
Kohl during the day, one company of the enemy with one gun having been
in action, while the rest of his force was held in reserve. Meanwhile
Colonel Griffiths’ column was marching parallel to “Rosecol,” on a line
a few miles to the north of it.
At this juncture General Edwards hoped to surround Kohl from the west,
east, and north; and with this object in view “Kartucol” was ordered to
advance along the Mahua road, Colonel Griffiths’ column to march in a
south-westerly direction, so as to get astride that road in the rear of
the enemy, while “Rosecol” was instructed to march on a line about three
miles to the north of the Mahua road and roughly parallel to it with the
object of turning the enemy’s left.
During the afternoon of the 22nd May Colonel Griffiths’ force was heard
to be heavily engaged, and “Rosecol” continued its march until 10 p.m.,
when it camped, Major Shaw in command of the Pioneers and B Company of
the Gold Coast Regiment, and two Gold Coast Stokes guns, forming an
advanced detachment encamped on high ground a few miles forward,
overlooking the place where Colonel Griffiths was entrenched. During all
these operations “Rosecol” was separated from “Kartucol” by the Mwambia
Ridge—a high barrier of grey, granite hills, with unscalable, cliff-like
sides, rising abruptly from the grass and bush and orchard forest at
their base—which flanks the main road on the north for a matter of more
than a dozen miles.
Colonel Griffiths’ column, it appeared, had struck the Mahua road, and
had entered and occupied Kohl’s camp at Mwariba, meeting with very
little resistance. Here he had possessed himself of practically all
Kohl’s heavy baggage—a really severe loss to the enemy at this juncture;
but almost immediately afterwards he had been vigorously attacked, his
small column being completely surrounded and suffering many casualties.
Failing to push home his attack, however, the enemy had drawn off during
the night and had then retired in a southerly direction.
Yet another attempt to envelop him had definitely failed.
The Gold Coast Regiment this day came into contact with the enemy for
the first time since it had quitted the main road near Koronje on the
13th April. Its only casualty, however, was one man wounded.
On the 23rd May “Rosecol” advanced through Colonel Griffiths’ camp, with
Major Shaw’s detachment about one mile ahead of it; and very shortly
afterwards the latter became engaged with the enemy, who, with one
company and two machine-guns, was covering the retirement of Kohl’s main
force. Major Shaw drove this enemy party back a matter of two miles,
when he was relieved by the 4th Battalion of the 4th King’s African
Rifles, who now formed the advanced detachment of “Rosecol,” supported
as usual, however, by two guns of the Gold Coast Regiment’s Stokes
Battery.
On this morning the Regiment lost one British non-commissioned officer,
Sergeant Kent, and one soldier killed, and three men wounded.
On the 24th May the 4th King’s African Rifles advanced at 6 a.m., and
forthwith became engaged with the enemy, whose strength had now been
increased to at least two companies with four machine-guns. All day long
the Germans fought a series of very stubborn rear-guard actions, and the
progress made by dusk was only two miles. In the course of the day
Lieutenant Percy and two battery gun-carriers, attached to the Gold
Coast Stokes guns, were wounded.
On the 25th May “Rosecol” advanced along the Mahua road in the direction
of Korewa, with “Kartucol” following in its rear; Colonel Griffiths’
column having marched west on the preceding day with the object of once
again getting astride the road behind the enemy, this time on the other
side of Korewa. The enemy was not met with, however, Major Shaw
occupying Korewa in the afternoon without opposition, and during the
night news was received that Colonel Griffiths had struck the road at
the point aimed at, and that he, too, had seen nothing of the enemy.
From Korewa patrols were sent out in several directions, and by the 27th
May, it having by then become pretty evident that von Lettow-Vorbeck
with the main body, followed at a short distance by Major Kohl and his
redoubtable rear-guard, had crossed the Lurio River into the province of
Mozambique, Colonel Griffiths’ column marched that evening in pursuit.
On the 28th May B Company, less one machine-gun and one Lewis gun, left
the camp at 6 a.m. for Wanakoti, thirty miles to the east, acting as
escort to the 22nd D.M.B. The rest of the Regiment remained in camp at
Korewa, where it was rejoined by B Company in due course.
* * * * *
With the retreat of von Lettow-Vorbeck southward across the Lurio River,
the expedition into the Nyassa Company’s territory, which had been begun
five months earlier by the landing of Major Shaw’s advanced detachment
at Port Amelia, reached its natural termination. Yet another campaign,
based so far as the British were concerned upon the port of Mozambique,
was about to begin, though as yet no very extensive preparations had
been made for its effectual initiation.
The Gold Coast Regiment, as it has been seen, had been transferred
straight from the pursuit of von Lettow-Vorbeck through the Kilwa and
Lindi areas and on to the banks of the Rovuma, to the very trying inland
march from Port Amelia. Other units subsequently engaged in that
enterprise had in the interval been afforded a period of rest, the 2nd
Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the King’s African Rifles, for example,
having been allowed to return for a space to their cantonments and to
their womenkind at Nairobi. The men of this corps and those of the Gold
Coast Regiment, who had done so much hard fighting in company, had
learned greatly to trust and value one another, and though they were
drawn from such widely different parts of the African continent and
though the Gold Coast soldiers’ knowledge of Swahili was still rather
elementary, a species of blood-brotherhood had come to be recognized as
existing between them. When the “Second Second,” as this battalion of
the King’s African Rifles was familiarly called, had made its appearance
in Portuguese East Africa, it had been warmly welcomed by the men of the
Gold Coast Regiment, and the latter, it may be surmised, had listened
not without envy to the accounts which their friends had to give them of
the good time the former had enjoyed during their stay at Nairobi. Were
the war-worn veterans of the Gold Coast Regiment never to enjoy a
similar respite from patrols, attacks, counter-attacks and endless toils
and fatigues? The men put the question to their officers. They would
fight on if they must, embarking forthwith upon this new campaign which
was clearly about to begin; but they would fight better, they felt, if
in the interval they might have a taste of the delights of rest and home
in their cantonments at Kumasi. Colonel Goodwin, who was now commanding
the Regiment, and Colonel Rose, who was commanding the column to which
the battalion was attached, shared the men’s opinion, and General
Edwards agreed that the Regiment had fairly earned a rest.
Accordingly, at 7 a.m. on the 1st June, the Gold Coast Regiment left the
camp at Korewa, and began its march back to Port Amelia. From Medo to
Ankuabe—a distance of five-and-twenty miles—it was conveyed by
motor-cars, but the rest of that weary journey was accomplished on foot
over a road which had been knocked to pieces by the traffic passing over
it. A standing camp was established at Gara, between Mtuge and Bandari,
which was reached on the 13th June, Colonel Rose having, on the
preceding day, relinquished the command of “Rosecol” and resumed that of
the Regiment.
The rest of June, July and the first twelve days of August were spent in
refitting, and men of the Regiment who were doing duty at various points
along the lines of communication were gradually recalled and collected.
On the 29th July Colonel Rose and Major Read sailed for South Africa
from Port Amelia on board H.M. Transport _Hymettus_; and on the 13th
August Major Hornby with 37 officers, 17 British non-commissioned
officers, 862 rank and file, and 135 stretcher-bearers, gun-carriers,
etc., embarked on board H.M.T. _Magdalena_ and on the 14th August set
sail for West Africa.
At Durban, reached on the 18th August, Colonel Rose and Major Read
rejoined the Regiment, and both here and at Capetown, where the
transport arrived on the 27th August, several officers were landed who
were taking leave in South Africa, Australia or Tasmania.
Accra, the capital of the Gold Coast, was reached without incident late
on the 5th September, and on the following day the Governor, who had
seen the Regiment off from Sekondi exactly two years and two months
earlier, came on board the _Magdalena_ to welcome and inspect the
troops, and to thank them on behalf of the Colony whose name they bear,
for the splendid fashion in which, through all the trials and dangers of
the East African campaign, they had upheld its reputation.
Colonel Rose and Major Read disembarked at Accra, but the Regiment
sailed on the evening of the 6th September for Sekondi, where it arrived
early next morning.
From this port to Kumasi, whither the Regiment at once proceeded in
special trains, its journey was a triumphal progress. At Sekondi itself
a feast of native foods, such as these soldier-exiles had not tasted for
two years, had been prepared for their consumption; and at every
halting-place crowds had assembled to greet and acclaim the Regiment and
to load the men with gifts. All along the line little knots of natives
shouted and danced their welcome, and even after darkness had fallen
every station at which the trains stopped was crammed by eager crowds of
Europeans and natives alike, bent upon showing the men what pride the
colony felt at the reputation which they had won for themselves, and how
deep was the popular sympathy for all they had suffered and endured.
It was a royal home-coming, and when at dawn the men, worn out with
excitement and fatigue at last arrived at Kumasi, their women met them
at the station in a clamorous mob, and accompanied them in triumph to
their cantonments, with the songs and dances wherewith the warriors of
West Africa have always been greeted on their return from a victorious
campaign.
But, alas! there were wailings and keenings too, mingling with the
joyful tumult, for many a woman there was lamenting some poor fellow who
lies buried far away on the other side of Africa, and would not be
comforted because he was not.
* * * * *
The casualties sustained by the Gold Coast Regiment during the campaign
in East Africa were as follows:—
─────────────────────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────
│Killed in│ │ │ Died of│
│ action.│ Wounded.│ Missing.│diseases.│Invalided.
─────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
British officers │ 9│ 21│ —│ │
British non-commissioned │ │ │ │ │
officers │ 6│ 9│ —│ 4│ 15
Rank and file │ 181│ 603│ 13│ 206│ 469
Gun-carriers │ 9│ 56│ —│ 16│ 28
Stretcher-bearers │ —│ │ —│ —│ —
Clerks │ —│ —│ —│ 1│ 1
Carriers │ 10│ 33│ —│ 40│ 24
─────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Total │ 215│ 725│ 13│ 270│ 567
─────────────────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────
The strength of the Gold Coast Regiment actually in the field never much
exceeded 900 rifles. The total of effectives belonging to the Regiment
at any one time in East Africa never numbered much more than 3000, and
from first to last the total number of officers and men of all ranks
dispatched did not amount to much more than 3800. When these facts are
remembered, the above table will be found strikingly to illustrate the
severity of the fighting in which the Regiment took so active a part,
and to indicate the ravages caused by disease to which prolonged strain
and hardship exposed it.
* * * * *
Meanwhile the recruiting efforts made by the Government of the Gold
Coast, to which during 1917-18 Captain Armitage, C.M.G., D.S.O., the
Chief Commissioner of the Northern Territories, had devoted special
energy and enthusiasm, had resulted in the collection of a very large
number of recruits at the various training-depôts throughout the Colony,
Ashanti, and the Northern Territories; and the Regiment had proved
itself to possess such fine qualities that, as the early end of the war
was not at that time anticipated, the War Office decided to convert it
from a battalion to a brigade. This consisted of four full battalions
with a battery of four 2·75 guns, and a battery of eight Stokes guns,
and it was constituted a brigade as from the 1st November, 1918, under
the command of Brigadier-General Rose. It was an open secret that, as
soon as its organization was complete, the Second West African Brigade,
as it was now called, was to be dispatched on active service to
Palestine.
Then, during the closing days of October and the first half of November,
came the dramatic collapse of the Central Powers and of their Allies—the
_débacle_ in the Balkans, the surrender of Turkey, the rout of the
Austro-Hungarian armies on the Italian front, the succession of
hammer-blows delivered on the western front from the Swiss frontier to
the sea, and finally the Armstice granted to a defeated, crime-stained
enemy, the terms of which exactly reflected the magnitude of the Allies’
victory, and the extent to which Germany and Germans had forfeited the
trust and the respect of all mankind.
The reading of those terms from the balcony of the Public Offices at
Accra to a large concourse of people, almost beside themselves with
enthusiasm and delight, was recognized as closing the short career of
the Gold Coast Service Brigade; and by the end of the following December
its disbandment was completed. It had existed long enough, however, to
enable the Gold Coast to boast that it, no less than its neighbour the
huge territory of Nigeria, had been able to raise by voluntary
enlistment a full brigade of soldiers for the service of the Empire in
the Great War.
APPENDIX I
THE MOUNTED INFANTRY OF THE GOLD COAST| REGIMENT
There is another Gold Coast unit, which never served with the rest of
the Regiment, and which remained behind in Portuguese East Africa when
the remainder of the battalion returned to the West Coast, and of its
short but adventuresome career some brief account must here be given.
At the end of February, 1918, nearly two months after the arrival of
Colonel Goodwin with the main body of the Gold Coast Regiment at Port
Amelia, Lieutenant G. H. Parker, who has been mentioned in an earlier
chapter as having been in temporary command of the Battery, was chosen
by Colonel Rose to raise and train a small body of Mounted Infantry. He
was told to pick out for this purpose, from a newly arrived draft of
recruits from the Gold Coast, 170 men; and to him were attached
Lieutenants Drummond and Saunders, and five British non-commissioned
officers.
The men chosen were natives of the Hinterland of the Gold Coast, to
whom, since they for the most part live beyond the range of the tsetse
fly and the _Trypanosoma_, horses are more or less familiar animals.
About 10 per cent. of them could ride in the hunched-up, Tod Sloan-like
fashion peculiar to folk to whom saddles are unusual luxuries; but not a
man among them had the vaguest ideas concerning horse-mastership and
management.
Four riding-schools were constructed near the camp, upon the top of the
hill which slopes on the one side to the waters of the Indian Ocean, and
on the other falls in a sheer cliff to the beach at Port Amelia; and
daily for hours at a time the European officers and non-commissioned
officers shouted themselves hoarse, while the men bumped round the
_manèges_. A certain number were incurably horse-shy, and had to be
“returned to store,” but the majority were quite fearless and enjoyed
their daily ride, and though horses had not been received at Port Amelia
until the end of March, by the 30th May No. 1 Troop of the Mounted
Infantry of the Gold Coast Regiment was declared to be fit to take the
field.
This troop, under the command of Lieutenant Drummond, consisting of 1
British non-commissioned officer, 41 rank and file, 51 horses, 2 mules,
and 2 camp-followers, left Port Amelia on the above-mentioned date, and
rode up the well-worn track from Mtuge to Medo, and thence to Wanakoti,
General Edwards’ Headquarters. The troop arrived at this place just as
the Gold Coast Regiment was about to begin its march back to the coast
from Korewa.
It is not possible to follow the history of this troop in detail without
embarking upon a full account of the campaign in the Province of
Mozambique, to which the British were committed after the Germans had
retreated across the Lurio River, and this forms no part of the plan of
the present work. It must, therefore, suffice to note that “Kartucol”
from this time onward followed hard upon the heels of the enemy forces,
pursuing them without intermission nearly as far south as Kilimane. A
little north of this place one and a half companies of the 2nd Battalion
of the 3rd King’s African Rifles, with a much larger force of Portuguese
encamped at Nhamaccura, were attacked by the enemy, who, having
possessed himself of the guns belonging to the Portuguese, nearly
annihilated the small British detachment, Colonel Gore Brown, who was in
command, being himself killed with a large number of his men.
After this the enemy went north once more, still pursued by “Kartucol,”
which had now cut loose from its transport and was living on the
country; and the Germans shortly afterwards attacked and invested
Namirrue, a place near the centre of the province, which was being held
by a company of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd King’s African Rifles,
under Captain Bustard.
Drummond’s Troop of Gold Coast Mounted Infantry had worked its way down
in a southerly direction from Wanakoti to Namirrue, scouting for the
columns, and doing some excellent work; and it had joined up with
Captain Bustard’s little force just before the latter was surrounded.
Finding that the position which he occupied at the moment of the enemy
attack was commanded by the German guns, Captain Bustard occupied a
higher hill near at hand; and, though hopelessly outnumbered, cut off
from water, and bombarded by a Stokes gun which had been captured by the
Germans, he made a gallant fight of it, and held out for three days.
Meanwhile the three remaining troops of the Gold Coast Mounted Infantry,
under Captain Parker, had sailed from Port Amelia on the 1st July,
arriving on the following day at Mussuril Bay, in the entrance to which
lies the island of Mozambique. The force consisted of 8 British
officers, 10 British non-commissioned officers, 137 rank and file, 84
East Africans, 2 Indians, 11 other details, with 133 horses, 50 mules,
and 141 donkeys.
The Mounted Infantry were disembarked at Lumbo, on the northern shores
of the bay, and on the 5th July marched twenty miles to Monapo, where
their depôt was established. On the 8th July the Squadron began its
march to Nampula, eighty miles further inland, where at this time
General Edwards had his Headquarters; and travelling an average of about
twenty miles a day, it reached its destination on the afternoon of the
11th July. Here Captain Parker learned that No. 1 Troop was with Captain
Bustard at Namirrue, and that it was thought that the small post
established there would embarrass the retreat of the enemy, who was
known to be advancing from the south.
On the following days the Squadron pushed on in the direction of Chinga,
which lies five-and-forty miles to the west of Nampula, walking and
leading most of the time, for sore backs among the horses were already
giving occasion for anxiety. From Chinga on the 15th July the Squadron
marched sixteen miles to Marrupula; and here on the following day
Captain Parker received orders to press forward as rapidly as possible
to Metil, and thence to take up certain positions on the Ligonha River.
Three days’ rations were drawn, and though the nights were very cold,
the capes and spare clothing were all left behind, the men being cut
down to their body-clothes and one blanket each, in order to ease the
horses of as much weight as possible.
On the 17th July the Squadron covered a distance of thirty-three miles
to Calipo, and on the morrow reached Pequerra, and pushed on thence to
the banks of the Ligonha River, travelling on that day thirty-six miles
between dawn and dusk.
The geography of the country was very imperfectly known, and the only
available maps were grossly inaccurate. Moreover, whereas it had been
anticipated that the Ligonha River would only be fordable in a few
places, which the Squadron had been ordered to hold, it was found that
the stream was quite shallow for a distance of at least twenty miles.
This was discovered on the 19th July, on which day Metil was reached,
the Squadron having marched one hundred and two miles to that place from
Murrupula in fifty-seven hours—a very good performance for a newly
raised body of Mounted Infantry.
From Metil one troop, under Lieutenant Poole, was sent eastward to
Napue; a second, under Lieutenant Viney, went toward Muligudge, five
miles south-east of Metil; and a third, under Lieutenant Saunders, back
along the track towards Pequerra, twenty men and Lieutenant Broomfield
remaining at Metil with Captain Parker. All these mounted patrols had
orders to try to locate the enemy and to keep touch as far as possible
with one another and with Captain Parker.
On the 23rd July news was received that Namirrue was invested by the
enemy, and that though it was still holding out, Colonel Fitzgerald’s
column, consisting of the 4th Battalion of the 4th and the 3rd Battalion
of the 3rd King’s African Rifles, had had to retire when attempting to
move to Captain Bustard’s relief. As Captain Parker was instructed to
get as many of his men together as possible in order to scout in the
direction of Namirrue, the troops under Lieutenants Poole and Viney were
recalled, and on the 24th July, Captain Parker moved back to Pequerra,
and thence proceeded through dense bush to the banks of the Ligonha.
From here Lieutenant Viney with twelve troopers crossed the stream and
went scouting in what was believed to be the direction of Namirrue. On
the 26th July Lieutenant Broomfield with twenty men were sent to Lulete,
Captain Parker and Lieutenant Saunders with twenty-eight men—all that
remained at their disposal—moving up the left bank of the Ligonha. At 4
p.m. they came upon a track, surprised an enemy baggage-train, and
captured nine porters, the baggage-guard making off. Lieutenant Saunders
with a few rifles was left to watch the trail, and late that afternoon
he had a brush with the enemy, and captured a German, an _Askari_, and
about a dozen more porters, also killing one or two enemy soldiers.
On the 27th July Captain Parker set off for Pequerra with the prisoners,
leaving Lieutenant Saunders with a few men to watch the track and to
snipe and harass the enemy. Captain Parker fell in with a superior force
of the enemy, lost all his prisoners and a good many of his men and
horses, and was himself reported missing for three days. At the end of
that time, however, he and the surviving remnant of his troop contrived
to rejoin. Meanwhile Lieutenant Saunders also came into touch with the
enemy, was wounded and had several of his men and nearly all his horses
shot; while Lieutenant Viney, who was surprised and attacked just as he
had off-saddled, was killed, his men, acting on his orders, dispersing
into the bush. Immediately afterwards word was received that Captain
Bustard at Namirrue had been compelled to surrender, and with him
Lieutenant Drummond and what was left of No. 1 Troop of the Gold Coast
Mounted Infantry.
This meant that the Gold Coast Mounted Infantry, which on the 5th July
had numbered, including Lieutenant Drummond’s troop, about one hundred
and sixty-five rank and file, was now reduced to sixty-five men; and
Captain Parker returned to the depôt at Mnapo to train and equip further
drafts, while Lieutenant Broomfield remained in the field in command of
the handful of mounted men still effective as a fighting force.
Though the enemy had won successes at Nhamaccura and at Namirrue, in
both of which places he had succeeded in cutting off small British
forces, he was now being hunted by “Kartucol” from the south into the
grip of six converging columns; and for the first time in the history of
the whole campaign he was so completely cornered that in the
neighbourhood of Chalana—a place some five-and-forty miles inland from
the coast of Antonio Annes—he was compelled to concentrate all his
troops, combining them into a single force.
It was while the meshes of the net appeared at last to be securely drawn
around von Lettow-Vorbeck, that Lieutenant Broomfield and his little
body of sixty men of the Gold Coast Mounted Infantry specially
distinguished themselves. It was of great moment to General Edwards that
he should be kept fully and frequently informed of the exact position
and movements of the enemy, and this service was rendered to him by
Lieutenant Broomfield. For a week the Gold Coast Mounted Infantry
maintained close touch with the enemy’s main body. The country is here
very thickly populated. The Germans, who were paying for all their
supplies with cloth which they had looted from the Portuguese stores,
had made themselves very popular with the local natives, who witnessed
the wholesale destruction of the Portuguese _bomas_ with ecstatic
delight. The British, who they were assured were hired bravos engaged by
the Portuguese to capture their deliverers, were proportionately
unpopular, and the movements of Broomfield’s two troops were again and
again betrayed by the natives to the enemy. Often he had to change his
resting-place three and four times a day; he was engaged with the enemy
almost as frequently; yet his active patrolling continued without
interruption, and General Edwards was kept regularly informed as to
every move which the enemy was making. It was, in its way, an
outstanding little bit of work, carried out with great coolness,
persistency and skill, and it by itself would abundantly have justified
all the labour which had been expended in raising and training the Gold
Coast Mounted Infantry.
At Numarroe—which lies much further to the west and must not be confused
with Namirrue—von Lettow-Vorbeck surprised and captured at the end of
August a small British detachment from what had formerly been one of
General Northey’s columns; but at Liome on the 31st August and on the
1st September he came in for the worst hammering he had experienced in
the whole course of the campaign, losing some fifty of his Europeans and
several hundreds of his _Askari_ killed, wounded and captured. On this
occasion Lieutenant Drummond and a number of other captives were able to
make their escape.
Thereafter, as is now well known, von Lettow-Vorbeck broke away north,
succeeded in crossing the Lurio River, and thence treked through the
Nyassa Company’s territory to Ngomano on the Rovuma, where at the end of
November in the preceding year he had re-equipped and refitted at the
expense of the Portuguese garrison. Crossing the Rovuma, he once more
entered German East Africa, still hotly pursued by battalions of the
indefatigable King’s African Rifles; but when after the signing of the
Armistice he finally surrendered, he made his submission to a small
police post in Northern Rhodesia.
The Gold Coast Mounted Infantry, once more reinforced and under the
command of Major Parker, joined in the pursuit as far north as Ngomano,
but on this occasion saw no fighting. On the 3rd October, however,
orders were received for them to return to the Gold Coast in order to
rejoin the 2nd West African Brigade; and as soon as the necessary
arrangements could be completed, the men of the Gold Coast Mounted
Infantry were embarked at Port Amelia, and on their arrival at Accra
were disbanded, and reabsorbed into the Gold Coast Regiment.
APPENDIX II
LIST OF HONOURS AND DECORATIONS AWARDED TO EUROPEAN STAFF AND NATIVE
RANK AND FILE OF THE GOLD COAST REGIMENT DURING THE EAST AFRICAN
CAMPAIGN.
(1) EUROPEAN OFFICERS.
Date.
Brevet Temporary Lieut.-Colonel 7/2/17
Lieut.-Colonel R. A. de B. Rose,
D.S.O.
Major G. Shaw, M.C. 5/8/18
Brevet Major on Lieut. (Temporary Captain) 5/8/18
promotion to T. B. C. Piggott,
Captain M.C.
D.S.O. Major H. Goodwin 10/6/17
Captain H. A. Harman 10/6/17
Bar to D.S.O. Lieut.-Colonel R. A. de B. 5/8/18
Rose, D.S.O
M.C. Captain (now Lieut.-Colonel) 24/11/16
G. Shaw
Captain A. J. R. O’Brien 24/11/16
Captain R. H. Poyntz 24/1/17
Captain J. Leslie-Smith 13/8/17
Captain J. G. Foley 29/10/17
Captain H. B. Dawes 5/8/18
Lieutenant T. B. C. Piggott 10/6/17
Lieutenant G. H. Parker 11/3/18
Lieutenant R. F. Beech 11/3/18
Lieutenant G. B. Kinley 30/4/18
Lieutenant L. B. Cumming 27/7/18
Bar to M.C. Captain (now Lieut.-Colonel) 13/8/17
G. Shaw, M.C.
Bar to M.C. Captain A. J. R. O’Brien, M.C. 13/8/17
Captain E. B. Methven, M.C. 5/11/17
Captain J. G. Foley 17/10/18
Legion d’Honneur Lieut.-Colonel R. A. de B. 22/10/17
Croix d’Officier Rose, D.S.O.
Croix de Guerre Major H. Goodwin, D.S.O. 4/1/17
Italian Silver Medal Lieutenant. T. B. C. Piggott, 4/1/17
M.C.
O.B.E. Major H. Read 9/9/18
(2) BRITISH NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN.
D.C.M. 7024 Corpl. J. Campbell 24/1/17
9532 R.S.M. F. C. Medlock 10/6/17
28399 Sergt. E. Thornton 19/7/17
69845 Pte. S. G. Radford 19/7/17
(R.A.M.C.)
1847 Sergt. C. A. Thornett 17/6/18
Bar to D.C.M. 7024 Corpl. J. Campbell 19/7/17
(Russian) Cross St. 69845 Pte. S. G. Radford 12/11/16
George (3rd
Class)
(3) NATIVE RANK AND FILE.
D.C.M 3948 Corpl. Akanno Ibadan 19/7/17
113 M.G.C. John Lagos 19/7/17
3844 C.S.M. Mumuni Moshi 19/7/17
6727 Corpl. Yessufu Kotokoli 19/7/17
5827 Sergt. Moriambah 19/7/17
Moshi
5737 Corpl. Musa Fulani 6/7/17
and 19/7/17
6557 Temporary Corpl. Seti 24/11/16
Frafra
8427 Pte. Yaw Kuma 19/7/17
5493 Corpl. and Tem. Sergt. No date
Chililah Grunshi
8581 L/Corpl. Granda Dikale 19/7/17
7339 Trptr. Nuaga Kusase 18/4/17
5048 Corpl. Sandogo Moshi No date
5397 Dr. Musa Karaki No date
5655 Sergt. Alhaji Grunshi 19/7/17
7817 Pte. Seidu Chokosi 20/9/17
5860 L/Corpl. (Acting-Corpl.) 18/10/17
Issaka Dagarti
4188 Sergt. Yessufu Mamprusi 18/10/17
7426 Bugler Nufu Moshi 1/10/17
4157 C.S.M. Musa Wongara 11/4/17
5225 Sergt. Mamadu Moshi 25/5/17
Bar to D.C.M. 4961 Sergt. Bukara Kukawa 24/11/16
6557 Temporary Corpl. Seti 15/8/17
Frafra
Military Medal 4188 Sergt. Yessufu Mamprusi 19/7/17
6689 Pt. Akuluga Moshi 19/7/17
6414 Sergt. Palpuku Grumah 19/7/17
182 M.G.C. Kwenjeh Moshi 19/7/17
109 M.G.C. Dogali 19/7/17
7842 Pte. Adama Bazaberimi 19/9/17
7248 Pte. Allassan Grumah 15/12/16
4765 Sergt. Braima Dagarti 15/12/16
6690 L/Corpl. Kuka Moshi 15/12/16
6756 Corpl. Timbala Busanga 15/12/16
6675 Corpl. Yero Fulani 15/12/16
13 H.G.C. Imoru Dodo 6/2/17
5593 Corpl. Nuaga Moshi 11/4/17
6688 Pte. Nubela Busanga 11/4/17
6833 Pte. Sebidu Moshi 11/4/17
4388 B.S.M. Bukare Moshi 23/5/17
137 Hdm. G. C. Kwesi John 23/5/17
94 G. C. Lawani Ibadan 23/5/17
959 Sergt. Member 23/5/17
8481 L/Corpl. Ntonge Etun 24/11/16
3851 Sergt. Ali Wongara 24/11/16
170 S. B. Bawa Hausa 24/11/16
200 S. B. Musa Kano 24/11/16
5658 L/Corpl. Sulley Ibadan 24/1/17
Meritorious Service V. 103 Corpl. J. W. H. 17/6/18
Medal Amartey
O.R.S. G. M. Fraser 17/6/18
31 Qr.Mr.-Sergt. S. Amonoo 17/6/18
Aidoo
[Illustration:
SERGT. SANDOGO MOSHI, D.C.M.
.rj 1
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APPENDIX III
STRENGTH OF THE GOLD COAST REGIMENT
ON JULY 31ST, 1916.
Officers 55
British non-commissioned officers 13
Rank and file 1702
STRENGTH OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON
JULY 6TH, 1916.
Officers 36
British non-commissioned officers 15
Clerks 11
Rank and File 980
Carriers (battery) 177
Carriers (other) 204
Storemen 1
Officers (R.A.M.C.) 4
STRENGTH OF THE DRAFTS SENT FROM THE GOLD
COAST TO REINFORCE THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
First draft—25th November, 1916:—
Officers 4
Clerks 1
Rank and file 402
Second draft—21st April, 1917:—
Officers 2
British non-commissioned officers 1
Rank and file 500
Third draft—5th July, 1917:—
Officers 3
British non-commissioned officers 2
Rank and file 799
Fourth draft—6th October, 1917:—
Rank and file 401
Fifth draft—10th December, 1917:—
Rank and file 500
N.B.—Date shown in each case is that of departure from
the Gold Coast.
APPENDIX IV
_Letter from the General Officer Commanding “Pamforce” to
the Officer Commanding the Gold Coast Regiment._
FAREWELL MESSAGE TO THE GOLD COAST REGIMENT BY THE
GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING PAMFORCE.
The departure of the Gold Coast Regiment from my Command furnishes me
with a fitting opportunity to place on record my high appreciation of
the distinguished and gallant services which the Gold Coast Regiment has
never failed to render me within the period that I have had the honour
to command Pamforce.
The greatest testimony to the excellence of the services rendered by the
Gold Coast Regiment is to be found in the fact that during the period
which the Regiment has formed an integral part of Pamforce, it has
assisted in reducing the enemy forces by at least one-half of his former
strength, and the measure of the achievement of the Regiment is the
contrast between the strength of the enemy force when Pamforce was
formed and his strength to-day.
I would desire at this juncture to pay a high tribute of my regard to
the Officer Commanding, Officers, British Non-Commissioned Officers, and
the Native Ranks, for the initiative, resource, and daring which has
characterized the service of all during this particularly difficult
phase of the campaign, while I would wish expressly to place on record
my high appreciation and gratitude for the able and efficient support
that has been so loyally extended to me by Colonel R. A. De B. Rose,
D.S.O., to whose soldierly qualities I feel I owe much.
I bid good-bye to the Regiment with deep regret, but nevertheless with
confidence that, no matter in what other theatre of war the Regiment may
be called on to serve, the Gold Coast Regiment will ever prove itself
worthy both of the confidence of King and Country by upholding the
highest traditions of British arms, and the sacred heritage of the Flag
of Saint George.
I wish you all God-speed, good luck, and a safe return, and so farewell.
(Sgd.) W. F. S. EDWARDS,
Brigadier-General,
General Officer Commanding Pamforce.
Wanakote,
3rd June, 1918.
_Letter addressed to the Officer Commanding the Gold Coast
Regiment by the Acting Colonial Secretary._
No. 5276/M.P.11393/18.
Colonial Secretary’s Office, Accra, Gold Coast,
6th September, 1918.
SIR,
On the occasion of your return to the Colony with the first
portion of the Gold Coast Regiment which is now on its way back from
active service in East Africa, I am directed by the Governor to convey
to you and to ask you to transmit to the Officers, European and Native
Non-commissioned Officers and the men of the Gold Coast Expeditionary
Force under your command, the thanks of the Government of the Gold Coast
for the brilliant and gallant services which they have rendered, and His
Excellency’s warm congratulations to them on their safe return.
2. The fine reputation which the Regiment won for itself in Togoland and
subsequently in the Kameruns has, I am to add, been confirmed and
enhanced by its behaviour during the campaign in East Africa; and the
whole Colony is proud of the record of the Regiment which bears its name
and is recruited from its inhabitants.
3. The heavy losses in Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and men
which the Regiment has sustained since it left the Colony on the 6th
July, 1916, though they are the inevitable result of its prowess, are
deeply mourned in the Gold Coast and its Dependencies, and I am to take
this opportunity of expressing His Excellency’s heartfelt sympathy with
you and with the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and men of the
Expeditionary Force, which you have commanded with such conspicuous
success.
4. His Excellency hopes that the Regiment will now, for a period, be
able to enjoy the rest which it has so nobly earned, but that, if the
war continues, a further opportunity may be afforded to it, at no very
distant date, once more to render active and valuable assistance to the
Empire,
I have, etc.,
(Sgd.) C. H. HARPER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. De B. Rose, D.S.O.,
Officer Commanding Gold Coast Regiment,
Coomassie.
_Resolution passed by the Legislative Council on the 28th
October, 1918._
That this Council do record its proud appreciation of the
reputation as a fighting force won by the Gold Coast Regiment in
East Africa; and that this Council do request His Excellency
to convey to Lieutenant-Colonel Rose, D.S.O., and to the
Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and men of the Regiment its
congratulations on the distinguished record of service in the
field, which the Regiment has maintained throughout the
Great War, and its deep sympathy with all ranks in the heavy
casualties which the Regiment has sustained.
INDEX
A Company of the Gold Coast Regiment, 4, 31, 35, 37, 38, 50,
53, 61, 82, 84, 119, 131, 135, 215, 222, 236, 244, 253, 260
Accra, 4, 275, 278;
volunteers from, 56;
school at, 64
_Æneas_, the transport, 5
Aeroplane, British, shot down, 155
Aeroplanes, use of, 111
Africa, East, climate in August, 18;
bush fires, 18;
commencement of the dry season, 71;
the carrier, 151
African, an ancient, acts as guide, 114
Aidoo, Quarter-Master Sergt. S. Amonoo, awarded the Meritorious
Service Medal, 289
Airship, German, 188
Aleppo, 189
Amartey, Corpl. J. W. H., awarded the Meritorious Service
Medal, 289
Ankuabe, 227;
capture of, 228
Ant-bears, 111;
size of holes, 112
Antonio Annes, 284
Arab house, 208, 215
Armistice, terms, 277
Armitage, Capt., Chief Commissioner of the Northern
Territories, 277
Armoured Car Battery, the 7th Light, 167, 174
Arnold, Captain, 206
——, Lieut., death, 39
Ashanti, 4
_Askari_, the German native soldier, 22;
reasons for the fidelity, 74, 77;
result of the military system, 75-77, 203;
reputation, 77;
desertion, 166
Austro-Hungarian armies, rout, 277
Avenell, Colour-Sergt., 112
Awudu Arigungu, Sergt., killed, 96
—— Bakano, Sergt.-Major, killed, 105
B Column, march to Naurus, 204
B Company of the Gold Coast Regiment, 4, 20, 29, 35, 37, 50,
54, 61, 78, 79, 82, 93, 95, 101, 121, 131, 138, 153, 156,
167-169, 172, 175, 201, 228, 242, 270, 272
Bagamoyo, 10, 39
Baillie, Lieut., 112, 124, 167, 172;
wounded, 174, 178;
brought to safety, 177
Baldwin, Lieut., 146
Baluchis, the 129th, 47, 58, 142, 144, 154, 155, 156, 164;
at Makangaga, 94;
casualties, 145;
engagement at Mwiti, 200
Baluchis, the 130th, 40
_Banda_, or bush-huts, 234
Banda Hill, 49, 51, 53
Bandari, 219
Bangalla, 207;
river, 199
Barrett, Lieut., 226;
advance on Chirimba Hill, 241;
wounded, 246, 248
Baverstock, Colour-Sergt., wounded, 105
Bazaberimi, Pte. Adama, awarded the Military Medal, 288
Beattie, Colour-Sergt., 56;
wounded, 32
Beaumont’s Post, 86, 87, 89, 90, 94
Beech, Lieut. R. F., 82, 235, 263;
awarded the Military Cross, 286
Beka, 131, 132
Belgian troops, advance on Mahenge, 108
Benham, Captain, illness, 131
Berry, Lieut., 40
Beves, General, in command of the Division, 91;
plan of attack, 93;
at Narungombe, 107;
at Lindi, 133
Biddulph, Capt., 51;
wounded, 51;
death, 56
Biltcliffe, Lieut., 90;
at Port Amelia, 208
Bisshopp, Lieut., 226, 235, 237;
at Muapa, 230;
advance on Chirimba Hill, 241;
patrol-work, 262-264
Bliss Hill, 44
Bogoberi, gun-carrier, 84
_Bomas_, or entrenched forts, 217
Bompkin, Major von, taken prisoner, 59
Brady, Capt., 112
Bray, Lieut., 30;
killed at the battle of Nkessa, 39
——, Lieut., 89; at Lingaula Ridge, 91;
wounded, 105
Briscoe, Capt., 112, 191
British columns in East Africa, disadvantages in fighting,
148-152;
transport, attack on, 87
Brits, Brig.-General, in command of South African mounted
troops, 11
Broomfield, Lieut., 282, 283, 284
Brown, Colonel Gore, killed, 280
Buckby, Capt., 135, 136
Buffalo, charges through No. 1 Column, 199
Bukari, Acting-Sergeant, awarded the D.C.M., 30;
death, 30
Bulu, 225
Busanga, Corpl. Bila, 139
——, Pte. Nubela, awarded the Military Medal, 288
——, Corpl. Timballa, wounded, 69;
awarded the Military Medal, 288
Bush fighting, 3, 151, 158;
fires, 18, 110;
huts, 234
Bussell, Lieut., 131
Bustard, Capt., 280, 281;
surrender, 283
Butler, Capt. Jack, at the battle of Kikirunga, 26-29;
killed, 29, 32;
characteristics, 29
Bweho Chini, engagement at, 130
Calipo, 282
Campbell, Corpl. J., 112, 131;
awarded the D.C.M. and Bar, 59, 287;
bravery, 103
Capetown, 274
Cavalry, the 25th, destruction of the camp, 183;
at Lulindi, 195
_Chaimite_, the, 221
Chalana, 284
_Chaqual_, canvas bag of water, 117
Chasi, 16
Chaundler, Lieut., 235
Chemera, 44, 46, 71
Chigugu, 182, 186, 208
Chikukwe, 180
Chilonga, 269
Chinga, 281
Chingwea, 166, 185
“Chini,” meaning of the word, 47
Chirimba Hill, 239;
advance on, 240-244;
action at, 244-247
Chisona, 266, 268
Chiure, 222
Chiwata, 191, 195
Chokosi, Pte. Seidu, awarded the D.C.M., 288
_Chuplies_, meaning of the word, 9
Clarke, Lieut., 224, 234, 237
Clifford, Sir Hugh, Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, 4;
banquet to the officers, 4
Column, No. 1: 98, 101, 117, 126, 132, 134, 142, 143, 153, 157,
159, 163, 164, 166;
at Ukuli, 94;
march to Ruponda, 184;
at Ndanda, 187;
occupy Mwiti, 187;
Luchemi, 194;
at Luatalla, 198;
charged by a bull buffalo, 199;
at Bangalla, 201;
broken up, 204
——, No. 2: 94, 96-98, 102, 103, 104, 118, 127, 166, 195
——, No. 3: 94, 99, 102, 195
Cumming, Lieut. L. B., 238;
awarded the Military Cross, 286
Cuneen, Colour-Sergt., 167, 172;
killed, 173, 178
Cunliffe, General, 108
D Company, 56
“D. M. B.,” the Indian Mountain Battery, 94, 96, 233, 242, 247,
259, 272
Dadoma, 11, 12, 109
Dagarti, Sergt. Braima, awarded the Military Medal, 288
——, Corpl. Issaka, awarded the D.C.M., 288
Dakawa, 16
D’Amico, Capt., 55
Dar-es-Salaam, 10, 12, 20, 40, 41
Dar-es-Salaam-Lake Tanganyika Railway, 72, 109
Dawes, Capt. H. B., 144, 224, 225;
wounded, 194;
captures Pumone, 227;
at Ankuabe, 228;
awarded the Military Cross, 286
Depôt Company, 78;
mobilized, 87;
at Port Amelia, 227
Derajat, 94
_Dhow_, or sailing-boats, 220
Dikale, Corpl. Granda, awarded the D.C.M., 288
Dobell, Major-General, in command of the British and French
troops, 1;
at Liome, 1
Dodo, Imoru, awarded the Military Medal, 288
Dogali, M. G. C., awarded the Military Medal, 288
Donho, 34
Downer, Lieut., 56, 112;
at Gold Coast Hill, 58
Drummond, Lieut., 279, 280, 285
Duck, Capt., 214, 216, 255
Duncan, Lieut., killed, 51
Durban, 5, 274
East African Brigades: the 1st, 10;
the 2nd, 10, 35;
the 3rd, 60;
Mounted Rifles, 21;
capture Germans, 22
Edwards, Brig.-General W. F. S., Inspector-General of
Communications, 8;
inspects the Gold Coast Regiment, 8, 12;
at Port Amelia, 233;
Rock Camp, 238;
Kalima, 256;
plans to surround Kohl, 269;
at Nampula, 281;
farewell message, 292
Eglon, Lieut., 93;
at Lingaula Ridge, 95;
killed, 101, 105
Enslin, General, 17
Etun, Corpl. Ntonge, 229;
awarded the Military Medal, 289
Fitzgerald, Colonel, 282
Flatman, Capt., killed, 240, 248
Foley, Capt. J. G., 56, 82, 224,243, 248;
at the battle of Rumbo, 83-86;
awarded the Military Cross and Bar, 89, 286, 287;
at the battle of Mitoneno, 145
Foster, Lieut., exploit at Ruangwa Chini, 155;
act of heroism, 176;
awarded the Military Cross, 177;
the D.C.M. and Bar, 287
Fra Fra, Temp. Corpl. Seti, awarded the D.C.M. and Bar 287, 288
Fraser, G. M., awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, 289
Fulani, Corpl. Amandu, killed, 69
——, Corpl. Musa, awarded the D.C.M., 287
——, Corpl. Yero, awarded the Military Medal, 288
Fulanis, 56
G Company of the Gold Coast Regiment, 4, 31, 35, 36, 38;
broken up, 44, 46
Gara, 274
German East Africa, mission stations, 22
Germans, surrender at Kamina, 1;
retreat, 24, 121, 124, 139, 146;
casualties, 32, 81;
evacuate Nkessa, 39;
bombard Kibata, 48;
attack on Gold Coast Hill, 53;
accuracy of firing, 56;
evacuate it, 58;
treachery, 63;
attack on Njimbwe, 67;
headquarters at Massassi, 72, 162, 194;
expelled from the Rufiji, 72, 74;
reasons for the fidelity of the native soldiers, 74, 77;
result of the military system, 75-77, 203;
ambush against, 79-81;
flag of truce, 81, 86;
fire on a British transport, 87;
attack on Narungombe, 98-104;
retire to Mihambia, 109, 120, 124;
at Ndessa, 116;
defeated at Bweho Chini, 130;
rear-guard actions, 131, 271;
engagements at Nahungen, 134-139;
Mitoneno, 144-146;
advantages of their position, 148-152;
at Ruangwa Chini, 156;
stores captured, 159, 164;
defeated at Ruponda, 164;
capture of their correspondence, 165;
fear of their Commander-in-Chief, 165, 166;
attacked at Lukuledi, 172-178;
at Nangus, 185;
taken prisoners, 195;
surrender, 196, 202;
evacuate Medo, 249;
campaign in Mozambique, 280-285
Germany, declaration of war, 1;
armistice terms, 278
Gifford, Colonel, in command of Pamforce column, 233
Gold Coast Colony, 4;
recruiting campaign, 277
Gold Coast Hill, 49;
attack on, 53-55;
evacuated, 58
Gold Coast Mounted Infantry, campaign in Mozambique, 279-285;
at Accra, 285
Gold Coast Regiment, mobilized, 1;
invasion of Togoland, 1;
the Kameruns, 2;
courage and endurance, 2, 105;
at Sekondi, 4, 275;
appearance, 4, 9;
on board the _Æneas_, 5;
inspection at Durban, 5;
at Kilindini, 6;
journey to Ngombezi, 6-8;
service kit, 8;
characteristics, 9, 15;
join up with the Royal Fusiliers, 11;
march to Msiha, 12-15;
at Dakawa, 16;
march to the Ngere-Ngere, 17-20;
transport burnt, 19;
at Metomba, 22-24;
the battle of Kikirunga, 25-32;
casualties, 32, 39, 55, 67, 104, 132, 139, 146, 178, 181,
194, 248, 276;
at Kiringezi, 34;
occupy Nkessa, 39;
march to Dar-es-Salaam, 40;
on board the _Ingoma_, 41;
at Kilwa Kisiwana, 44;
march to Chemera, 44-46;
reduction in the _personnel_, 46;
march to Mtumbei Chini, 47;
attack on Gold Coast Hill, 50-55;
reinforcements, 56, 112;
total strength, 57, 88, 89, 92, 113, 205, 276, 290;
at Ngarambi Chini, 61;
Njimbwe, 65, 69;
shortage of food, 68, 261;
discipline, 68, 129;
march to Mitole, 70, 78;
at Mnasi, 79;
Migeri-geri, 82;
Rumbo, 86, 88;
Ngomania, 95;
Makangaga, 95;
join up with No. 2 Column, 95;
retransferred to No. 1 Column, 98;
attack on Narungombe, 101-104;
at Mikikole, 110;
Liwinda Ravine, 117;
sufferings from thirst, 125-129;
at Mbombomya, 127;
Ndessa Juu, 129;
Kitandi, 130;
march on Nahungen, 131;
attack on, 134-139;
meeting with the Nigerian Brigade, 140;
attack on Mitoneno, 144-146;
bathing and washing, 147;
in reserve, 153;
advance on Ruponda, 163, 185;
march to Lukuledi, 167, 168;
at Lulindi, 198;
Bangalla River, 199, 207;
selected for service in Portuguese East Africa, 209;
at Mingoya, 214;
transferred from H.M. _Salamis_ to H.M.S. _Lunkwa_, 215;
at Port Amelia, 222, 274, 279;
Meza, 230, 234;
at the battle of Chirimba Hill, 244-247;
advance on Mwalia, 253;
at Milinch Hills, 261;
respite from fighting, 273;
reception at Kumasi, 276;
list of honours and decorations awarded to, 286-289;
farewell message from Brig.-Gen. Edwards, 292.
Gold Coast Service Brigade, 277;
disbanded, 278
Goodwin. Lieut-Colonel H., 31, 35, 37, 58, 207;
wounded, 53;
in command of the Gold Coast Regiment, 60;
appointed Acting Lieut.-Colonel, 89;
awarded the _Croix de Guerre_, 89, 287;
the D.S.O., 90, 286;
invalided to the base, 91;
in command of Companies, 141;
advance on Mihomo, 141;
at the battle of Mitoneno, 144, 146;
attack on Lukuledi, 174;
voyage to Port Amelia, 215, 279;
on board H.M. _Hongbee_, 216;
advance on Chirimba Hill, 244
Grant, Colonel, 94
Greene, Capt., 82
Greene, Capt., killed at the battle of Nkessa, 39
Green’s Post, 61
Gregg’s Post, 110, 113, 119
Griffiths, Colonel, 266;
in command of “Norforce,” 268;
captures Mwariba, 270
Grumah, Pte. Allassan, awarded the Military Medal, 288
Grumah, Sergt. Palpuku, awarded the D.C.M., 57:
the Military Medal, 288
Grunshi, Sergt. Alhaji, awarded the D.C.M., 288
Grunshi, Corpl. Chililah, awarded the D.C.M., 287
Gush, Capt., 167;
wounded, 177, 178
Handeni, base at, 11, 15
“Hanforce,” 118, 153
Hannyngton, Brig.-General, in command of the 2nd East African
Brigade, 10;
telegram of congratulation, 33;
military operations at Kilwa, 43;
plan of attack, 49, 113, 153;
awards decorations, 57;
resumes command, 107
Harman, Capt. H. A., 47, 50;
wounded, 53;
awarded the D.S.O., 90, 286;
at Minoya, 214, 215;
Mahiba, 225;
Namaaka, 235;
advance on Chirimba Hill, 244, 245
Harman’s Kopje, 50, 51, 55
Harper, C. H., letter from, 294
Harris, Capt., 260;
at Port Amelia, 208;
Mkufi, 222;
advance on Chirimba Hill, 240
Hart, Colour-Sergt., at Mkufi, 225
Hartland, Capt., 112
Hassan Bazaberimi, Company Sergeant-Major, killed, 87
Hausa, S. B. Bawa, awarded the Military Medal, 289
Hellis, Capt., 56
Hill, Major, 104
_Hongbee_, H.M., 216
Hornby, Major, 112, 274
Hoskyns, Major-General, in command of the First Division, 10
_Hymettus_, H.M., 274
I Company of the Gold Coast Regiment, 4, 31, 35, 36, 38, 40,
46, 89, 90, 135, 144, 164, 177, 222, 225, 228, 236, 242-247,
253, 269
Ibadan. Corpl. Akanno, awarded the D.C.M., 287
Ibadan, G. C. Lawani, awarded the Military Medal, 288
Ibadan, Corpl. Sulley, awarded the Military Medal, 59, 289
Igumi, 186
Indian Cavalry, the 25th, 153
Indian Mountain Battery, or the “D.M.B.,” 94, 96, 233, 242,
247, 259, 272
Indian Ocean, 219, 279
_Ingoma_, the transport, 41
Isaacs, Lieut., taken prisoner, 39;
released, 196
Issaka, Kipalsi, Corpl., bravery, 125
Jaundis, 56
Jerimita, 262
John, Hdm. G. C. Kwesi, awarded the Military Medal, 288
Jumbe Nambude, 200
Jumbe Nwinama, mission station, 187
“Juu,” meaning of the word, 47
Kalima, 256
Kameruns, 1;
fighting in, 2
Kamina, wireless installation at, 1
Kano, S. B. Musa, awarded the Military Medal, 289
Karaki, Dr., Musa, awarded the D.C.M., 288
“Kartucol,” 233;
advance on Chirimba Hill, 242, 244;
Mwalia, 255;
Koronje, 258-260;
pursuit of the Germans, 280
Kassanga, 34
Kay, Lieut., 259
Kelton, Capt., 50, 55
Kent, Sergt., killed, 271
Kerr, Hauptmann, 116
Kibata, mission station, 43, 47, 57;
shelled by the Germans, 48
Kibega river, 65
Kidugato, 41
Kigome, 11
Kihendye, 97
Kihindi Hill, 142, 143
Kihindo Juu, 127
Kihumburu, 98, 99, 100
Kikirunga Hill, 25, 26;
battle of, 28-32
Kilageli, 96
Kilimane, 280
Kilima-njaro, 7
Kilindini, 6, 11, 209
Kilney, Lieut., 53
Kilossa, 11, 12, 109
Kilwa Kisiwani, 42, 44, 78, 87
Kilwa Kivinje, 73, 78, 79
Kimamba, 17
Kingani River, 10
King’s African Rifles, 48, 50, 58, 65, 94, 97, 142, 143, 157,
166, 168, 177;
at the battle of Kikirunga, 30;
advance, 33;
at the battle of Nkessa, 37;
Rumbo, 87;
Narungombe, 101-104;
Mihambia, 117, 119;
Nahungen, 134;
occupy Lukuledi, 180;
advance on Massassi, 182;
at Ndanda, 186;
Mahiba, 227;
dispatched to Mozambique, 252;
advance on Mwalia, 254;
Koronje, 258;
Jerimita, 262;
Nairobi, 273
Kinley, Lieut. G. B., 95;
encounter with Germans, 79-81;
awarded the D.S.O., 82;
the Military Cross, 89, 286
Kiperele Chini, 158
Kipondira, 98
Kiringezi, 34
Kirongo, 78, 79, 96
Kirongo-Ware, 96
Kissalu, 34;
mines on the road, 40
Kisserawe, 41
Kitambi, 47, 55, 71, 78, 235
Kitandi, 128, 130
Kitiia, 109, 113, 116, 119
Kiwambi, 63
Kiyombo, 61, 65
_Koenigsberg_, 48
Kohl, Major, at Chirimba Hill, 239;
plans to surround, 269;
loss of his baggage, 270;
retreat to Mozambique, 272
Koloi, 226
Kondoa-Irangi, 11
Korewa, 271, 272
Korogwe, 11, 44
Koronje, 252, 256;
advance on, 258;
evacuated, 259
Kotokoli, Corpl. Yessufu, awarded the D.C.M., 287
Kukawa, Sergt. Bukara, Bar to D.C.M., 288
Kuma, Yaw, awarded the D.C.M., 287
Kumasi, 2, 4, 276
Kusase, Nuaga, awarded the D.C.M., 288
Kwevi Lombo, 16
Lagos, John, awarded the D.C.M., 287
Lamont, Lieut., 112, 243, 248
Leal, Major, 252
Legislative Council, resolution, 294
Leslie-Smith, Capt. J., wounded, 105;
at Namarika, 235;
patrol work, 262-264;
awarded the Military Cross, 286
Lettow-Vorbeck, von, Commander-in-Chief, 59;
at Massassi, 72, 133, 148, 162;
attack on a British transport, 87;
defeat at Bweho Chini, 130;
pluck and resource, 151, 166, 198;
forces, 152;
at Ruwanga, 163;
refuses to surrender, 166;
actions, 181;
concerted movements, 182;
at Newala, 194;
expelled from German East Africa, 196, 198;
captures ammunition at Ngomano, 207;
march on Port Amelia, 208;
character of his military operations, 212, 251;
at Nanguari, 213;
raiding parties, 213, 221;
at Nanungu, 265;
Wanakoti, 266;
retreat to Mozambique, 272;
surrender, 285
Ligonha River, 282
Lihonja, 159
Likawage, 79
Lindi, 73, 108, 118, 133, 148, 207
“Linforce” Column, 148, 161, 251;
joined by the Nigerian Brigade, 162;
advance to Mtama, 167;
actions, 181, 185
Lingaula Ridge, 91, 93, 95
Liome, 285
Lions, at Msalu, 265
Liwale, 73, 78, 118
Liwinda Ravine, 109, 110, 111;
water depôt at, 113, 117
Lome, 1, 76
Lorenço Marquez, 216
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 10, 35, 37
Luatalla, 198
Luchemi, 190, 194
Lugomya River, 61
Lujendi River, 213
Lukigura River, 10
Lukuledi, mission station at, 167, 169-171;
attack on, 168-178;
destruction of the church, 183
—— River, 169, 186
Lulete, 283
Lulindi, 195, 198
Lumbo, 281
_Lunkwa_, H.M.S., 215
Lurio, 213, 222, 265;
River, 214, 272, 285
Lusinje, 256, 261
Lustalla, 201
Macpherson, Capt., 86, 87;
at the battle of Nkessa, 36;
Rumbo, 90
Mafisa, 17, 41
Magaruna River, 222
Magaura River, 86, 91
_Magdalene_, H.M.T., 274
Magogoni, 41
Maguida River, 228
Mahazi, 15
Mahenge, 109
Mahiba, 225
Mahiwa, 208;
action at, 181, 198
Mahu, 267
Makangaga, 79, 94, 95
Makindu River, 16
Makochera, 207
Makonde Plateau, 188, 190
Makotschera, 73
Makuku, 256, 262
Mama Juma, Sergt.-Major, 173
Mambir River, 190
Mamprusi, Sergt. Yessufu, 173;
wounded, 175;
awarded the D.C.M. and the Military Medal, 288
Manambiri, 235
Manasara Kanjaga, Sergt.-Major, awarded the D.C.M., 57
Mangano, 159
Manyambas, 190, 195
Marenjende, 127
Marrupula, 281
Maruchiras, 190
Massambassi, 20
Massassi, mission station at, 72, 133, 148, 182, 208;
headquarters of the Germans, 72, 162, 194
Matandu River, 43
Matombo Mission Station, 22, 24, 25
Mawerenye, 127
Maxwell, Lieut., 112
May, Colour-Sergt., killed at the battle of Nkessa, 39
Mbalama, 256
Mbalawala hills, 201
Mbemba, 158
Mbemkuru River, 118, 131, 132, 133, 135, 141, 144, 147, 153,
157, 159, 160;
valley of, 132
Mbombomya, 110;
water-holes at, 115, 117, 127
_Mborio_, or fortified posts, 217
McElligott, Capt., 112, 123, 124, 135, 138, 144;
patrol work, 191-193, 201
McEvoy, Lieut., wounded, 257
Mecklenburg, Duke Adolf Freidrich of, Governor of Togoland, 76
Medlock, Sergt.-Major F. C., awarded the D.C.M., 90, 287
Medo, 223, 235, 238, 250;
engagement at, 236;
evacuated, 249
Member, Sergt., awarded the Military Medal, 288
Methven, Capt. E. B., 112;
at Liwinda Ravine, 113;
scouting expedition, 114;
advance on Mihambia, 122, 123;
attack on, Nahungu, 136;
gallant deed, 139;
at the battle of Mitoneno, 145;
attack on Ruangwa Chini, 156;
march to Lukuledi, 167;
attack on, 171-173;
wounded, 173, 178;
awarded a bar to the Military Cross, 179, 287
Metil, 281, 282
Meza, 224, 230
Mgeta River, 39, 40
Miesi River, 199, 201
Migeri-geri, 82
Mihambia, 109, 115, 119;
attack on, 117, 120;
evacuated, 124
Mihomo, 141
Mikesse, 73
Mikikama, 99
Mikikole, 110, 113, 117
Milinch Hills, 260
Mingoya, 208, 214
Minokwe, 97
Mission stations in German East Africa, 22
Mitole, 45, 46, 71, 78
Mitoneno, 142;
advance on, 143;
engagement at, 144-146
Miwale Hill, 190;
River, 190
Mkufi, 222
Mkundi, 194, 195;
River, 17
Mnapo, 281, 283
Mnasi, 78, 79, 89
Mnero, mission station at, 159
Mnindi, 95
Mnitshi, 110, 114, 115, 117, 127
Mombassa, 6
Montepuez River, 238, 258
Moon, eclipse, 93
Morogoro Mission Station, 11, 12, 24
Moschi, 10
Moshi, Pte. Akuluga, awarded the Military Medal, 288
——, Sergt.-Major Bukare, 85;
awarded the D.C.M., 57;
the Military Medal, 288
——, Corpl. Kuka, awarded the Military Medal, 288
——, Kwenjeh, awarded the Military Medal, 288
——, Sergt. Mamadu, 84;
awarded the D.C.M., 288
——, Sergt. Moriambah, awarded the D.C.M., 287
——, Mumuni, awarded the D.C.M., 287
——, Corpl. Nuaga, awarded the Military Medal, 288
——, Bugler Nufu, awarded the D.C.M., 288
——, Corpl. Sandogo, awarded the D.C.M., 288
——, Pte. Sebidu, awarded the Military Medal, 288
Mountain Battery, the 24th, 58
Mountain Battery, the 27th, 94, 117, 119, 134, 142, 157, 177
Mozambique, 216, 272;
campaign in, 280
Mpara, 44, 78
Mpepo, 109
Mpingo, 110, 114, 121, 122, 126
Mpoto, 195
Msalu Boma, 262, 264;
River, 268;
bridge across, 269
Msiha, 12
Mtama, 167, 181, 208
Mtandula, 97
Mtua, 208
Mtuge, 219, 221, 223, 225
Mtumbei Chini, 47, 71
—— Juu, Mission Station, 43, 47, 48, 55
Muapa, 229
Mudge, Sergt., killed, 246, 248
Mule, the transport, character, 151
Muligudge, 282
Murray, Capt., in command of H.M.S. _Lunkwa_, 215
Murray, Lieut., 86
Murrupula, 282
Musa Fra-Fra, Corpl., instinct for discovering water, 70
Mussuril Bay, 281
Mwalia, 251;
advance on, 253-256
Mwambia Ridge, 270
Mwariba, 270
Mwengei, 57, 58
Mwiti Mission Station, 187, 190, 200;
River, 195
Nahungu, 131;
attack on, 134-139, 206
Naiku River, 132
Nairobi, 7, 273
Nairombo, 195
Nakalala, 196
Namaaka, 235;
fight at, 236-238
Namarala, 227, 228
Namaranje, 46
Namarika, 234
Namatwe, 61, 70
Nambingo, 201
Nambunjo Hill, 121, 126;
perimeter camp at, 122
Namburage, 61
Namehi, 153
Nampula, 281
Namirrue, 280, 281, 282, 284
Nanguari, 213
Nangus, 185
Nanungu, 256, 265, 269
Nanunya, 223, 226, 228
Napue, 282
Narungombe, 98, 107, 109;
attack on, 99-104
Nash, Lieut., 201
Natovi, 234
Naurus, 205
Naylor, Colour-Sergt., 136
Ndanda, mission station, 186, 207
Ndessa, 110, 116;
attack on, 118
Ndessa Juu, 129;
water-holes at, 130
Ndomondo, 186
Nelson, Colour-Sergt., 61, 63;
shot, 64;
discovery of his body, 67;
burial, 68
Nerungombe, engagement at, 94
Newala, 73, 188, 194;
Germans surrender, 196;
abandoned, 211
Ngarambi Chini, 60, 61, 70
Ngaura River, 83, 86
Ngere-Ngere, the, 17, 20
Ngomania, 95
Ngomano, 197, 207, 285
Ngombezi, 8, 12
Nhamaccura, 280, 284
Nicholl, Rev. Captain, 68
Nigerian Brigade, 74, 127;
at Rufiji, 108;
advance on Ruale, 118;
engagement at Bweho Chini, 130;
meeting with the Gold Coast Regiment, 140;
march to join up with “Linforce,” 161;
actions, 181;
occupy Chiwata, 191;
capture a German hospital, 195
Nigeri-geri, 78
Nivanga, 78
Njengao, action at, 181, 198
Njijo, 78
Njimbwe, 61, 63, 65, 66, 69, 70, 74
Nkessa, battle of, 35-39, 196
Nkufi, 218
“Norforce,” 268
Norris, Lieut., at Pumone, 228
Northey, General, 252;
advance on Mpepo, 109
Nuaga Kusasi, battery trumpeter, 83
Numarroe, 284
Nyassa Company territory, 216
O’Brien, Capt. A. J. R., 47;
awarded the Military Cross and Bar, 56, 286, 287;
wounded, 105
O’Brien, Capt. J. M., 249
O’Grady, General, 20, 50, 57, 181
One-Stick Hill, 58
Orr, Colonel, 202;
in command of the 3rd East African Brigade, 91, 93;
in command of No. 1 Column, 94;
attack on Ruangwa Chini, 157
_Pakhals_, or long tins, 114, 126
Palestine, 277
“Pamforce,” 212, 221;
at Meza, 280;
division of, 233;
advance to Koronje, 252
Parker, Capt. G. H., 123, 222;
trains the Mounted Infantry, 279;
at Mussuril Bay, 281;
awarded the Military Cross, 286
Path, cutting a, 97
Pathans, the 40th, 54, 55, 56, 59, 65, 74, 82, 94, 102;
casualties, 67;
at the battle of Rumbo, 83-86
Payne, Sergt., 131
Pequerra, 282, 283
Percy, Lieut., 56;
wounded, 132, 271
Phillips, Colonel, 252
Piggott, Capt. T. B. C., wounded, 53;
awarded the Italian Silver Medal, 89, 287;
the Military Cross, 90, 286
Pike, Lieut., at Port Amelia, 208
Pioneer Company of the Gold Coast Regiment, 4, 35, 36, 38, 51,
65, 70, 78, 94, 101, 119, 126, 135, 136, 164, 174, 190;
at the battle of Kikirunga, 26-32;
Migeri-geri, 89;
ambush against, 90;
at the battle of Mitoneno, 146;
Wangoni, 206;
Port Amelia, 223
Poer, Capt. H. C. C. de la, Special Service Officer to the Gold
Coast Regiment, 8
Pomba Bay, 214, 217
Poole, Lieut., 282
Pori Hill, 135, 136, 139
Port Amelia, 207, 208, 217, 279;
defence of, 214
Portal, Sir Gerald, on the East African carrier, 151
Portuguese East Africa, 72;
ammunition at Ngomano captured, 207;
division of, 216
Potter, Lieut.-Col., in command of the training depôts, 209
Poyntz, Capt. R. H., 31;
at the battle of Nkessa, 36-38;
advance on Gold Coast Hill, 51;
wounded, 53;
awarded the Military Cross, 59, 286
Pretorius, Major, 17;
acts as guide to the Nigerian Brigade, 161
Pumone, 224, 225, 227
Punjabis, the 29th, 37
Punjabis, the 33rd, 90, 94, 102
Pye, Capt., 51;
killed, 53
Radford, Pte. S. G., awarded the D.C.M. and Cross of St.
George, 287
Read, Major H., 44, 87;
voyage to Accra, 274;
awarded the O.B.E., 287
Reid, Lieut., 238
Ridgeway, Colonel, in command of No. 2 Column, 96
Rifles, the 55th, occupy Newala, 196
Road-mine, explosion, 247
Robertson, Lieut., 224
Rock Camp, 238;
convoy attacked, 255
Roofs, corrugated iron, result, 218
Rose, Lieut.-Col. R. A. De B., in command of the Gold Coast
Expeditionary Force, 4, 274;
telegram of congratulation, 33;
knocked over by a shell, 53;
reconnaissance, 58;
in temporary command of the 3rd East African Brigade, 60;
Brevet Lieut.-Colonel, 71;
attack of dysentery, 91;
rejoins the Regiment, 112;
attack on Mihambia, 117;
occupies Nambunjo Hill, 121;
in command of B Column, 204, 207;
on board H.M. _Salamis_, 215;
at Port Amelia, 221;
at Ankuabe, 228;
in command of “Pamforce” division, 233;
escape from an explosion, 247;
at Accra, 275;
in command of the Second West African Brigade, 277;
awarded the Bar to D.S.O., 286;
Legion d’Honneur Croix d’Officier, 287;
letter from C. H. Harper, 294
“Rosecol,” 233;
advance on Chirimba Hill, 240, 242;
Mwalia, 253-256;
at Kalima, 256;
advance on Milinch Hills, 260;
at Msalu, 265, 266, 269;
advance on Korewa, 271
Rovuma River, 72, 73, 130, 187, 188, 197, 199, 207, 265, 285
Royal Fusiliers, join up with the Gold Coast Regiment, 11
Ruale, 118
Ruangwa Chini, 154;
attack on, 156-158
Rufiji River, 12, 24, 43, 61, 71, 72, 108, 109, 197
Rumbo, engagement at, 82-86
Rungo, 97
Ruponda, 160, 163, 164, 185;
food depôts at, 181
Ruwanga, 163, 181
Ruwu, the, 17, 39, 40
_Salamis_, H.M., stranded, 215
Sanananga, 224
Sandani, 10
Sassaware, 73
Saunders, Lieut., 279, 282;
wounded, 283
Saunderson, Lieut. R. de Bedick, killed, 175, 178;
career, 175
Schnee, Herr, Governor of German East Africa, 195, 196
Schutzen Company, the 8th, 163
Scott, Lieut., wounded, 96
Sekondi, Port of, 4, 275
Shaw, Colonel G., 50, 54;
at the battle of Kikirunga, 29, 30;
awarded the Military Cross and Bar, 56, 106, 286;
at Rumbo, 85;
appointed Acting Major and Second in Command of the Gold
Coast Regiment, 91;
in command of No. 2 Column, 96;
attack on Narumgombe, 101
Shaw, Lieut., 131
Shaw, Major, advance on Mihambia, 119;
at Kitiia, 119;
march on Nahungu, 131;
attack on, 137;
march to Chingwea, 167;
attack on Lukuledi, 177;
at Port Amelia, 208, 214, 219;
advance on Chirimba Hill, 241, 242, 244;
occupies Korewa, 272
Shepperd, Brig.-General, in command of the 1st East African
Brigade, 10;
Chief of Staff, 208
Shields, Lieut. George Hilliard, 61;
attack on Gold Coast Hill, 53;
treachery of the Germans, 63;
killed, 64;
head-master of the Government Boy’s School at Accra, 64;
discovery of his body, 67;
burial, 68
Sierra Leone Carrier Corps, 91, 236
Smith, Lieut. S. B., 112, 167, 172, 174;
attempt to surprise the signal-station at Mpingo, 121;
failure, 122;
surrounded, 123;
Staff-Officer, 204;
at Port Amelia, 208
Smuts, General, Commander-in-Chief, Headquarters at Lukigura,
10;
plan of attack, 11;
at Dakawa, 16
Soeiro, Signor Abilio de Lobao, Governor of the Nyassa Company,
221
Songea, 73, 109
South African Infantry, the 7th, 94, 97, 102;
the 8th, 94, 102
Sovar River, 225, 226
Stokes Battery, 104, 117, 185, 243, 248, 254
Tabora, gold coin, 204
Tafel, Major von, 109, 194, 198;
surrender, 202
Tanga, fall of, 10
Tanga-Moschi Railway, 7, 10, 11, 44, 72
Tanganyika, Lake, 11, 73
Taylor, Colonel, in command of No. 3 Column, 94
Taylor, Lieut., 58;
wounded, 54
Thornett, Colour-Sergt. C. A., killed, 246, 248;
awarded the D.C.M., 287
Thornton, Colour-Sergt. E., at Port Amelia, 208;
awarded the D.C.M., 287
Thirst, sufferings from, 13, 45, 107, 125-129
Togoland, invasion of, 1
Transport of the army, need for protection, 149
Tulo, 34, 36, 40
Turiani, 16
Turkey, surrender of, 277
Tyndall, Colonel, 83, 85
Ujiji, 11
Ukuli, 91, 94
Ulanga, 109
Uluguru Mountains, 23, 24, 25, 26, 34, 43, 196
Unguara, 65
Utete, 61, 63, 66
Venter, Major-General Van der, in command of the Second
Division, 11;
Commander-in-Chief, 207, 208
Viney, Lieut., 282;
killed, 283
Voi, 7
Wami River, 10
Wanakoti, 266, 272, 280
Wangoni, 206
Watercourses, tropical, eccentricities, 47
Water depôt, attempt to establish at Liwinda Ravine, 114;
shortage of, 13, 45, 107, 123, 125-129
Watt, Capt., 223
Watts, Capt., at Port Amelia, 208
Webber, Capt., advance on Medo, 236;
Chirimba Hill, 241, 242
Wet, General de, 212
Wheeler, Capt., 31, 37, 50;
wounded, 53;
at Mkufi, 222;
Mtuge, 225;
advance on Chirimba Hill, 244
Wiedhafen, 73
Willoughby, Lieut., 112
Wilson, Lieut., 263;
at Namarala, 228
Withers, Lieut., 260, 263;
at Port Amelia, 208
Wongara, Sergt. Ali, awarded the Military Medal, 289
Wongara, Musa, awarded the D.C.M., 288
Woods, Lieut., reconnaissances, 114, 115;
patrol on the Mbombomya road, 121;
attack on, 123;
at the battle of Mitoneno, 145;
advance on Lukuledi, 167, 171;
killed, 173, 178
Wray, Captain, 56, 124;
attack on, 125;
wounded, 125, 132
Zanzibar, island of, 39
Zeppelin, recalled, 189
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Transcriber’s Note.
This table summarizes those aspects of the text which were
deemed to be attributable to the printer, and which have
therefore been corrected.
Place-names can be very similar, and care was taken to keep the
spelling as printed, except where a single variant was obvious.
For example, the reference on p. 91 to the ‘Mgaura’ River would
seem to identical to the ‘Magaura’ River referred to on p. 86.
The index entry for the latter mentions both pages. Lingaula
Ridge is referred to once each as ‘Linguala’ (p. 91) and
‘Langaula’ (p. 93). Both are corrected in the text. With respect
to the index, it should be observed that spelling there
sometimes contradicts the text; thus ‘Jirimita’ Hills is
referred to in the Index as ‘Jerimita’, etc. The index entries
have not been corrected.
7.19 the stu[d/p]endous culmination Replaced.
25.17 from this hill[,/.] Replaced.
40.34 of which the Mget[e/a] is a right affluent Replaced.
45.5 distance from N[i]geri-geri Added.
65.31 terrif[f]ic thunderstorm Removed.
91.2 patrolling the M[a]gaura River Added.
91.33 the detachment at Ling[ua/au]la Ridge Transposed.
93.25 remained behind at L[a/i]ngaula Ridge. Replaced.
95.25 overlooking the water-holes[.] Added.
97.22 King’s African [K/R]ifles Replaced.
98.18 retransferred to No. 1 Column[,/.] Replaced.
128.10 Gold Coast Regiment at Mbombo[n/m]ya. Replaced.
206.14 Exe[d/p]itionary Force Replaced.
220.18 [affected] by shipping the anchor _sic_
248.33 almost contin[u]ous warfare. Added.
254.8 Shaw’s deta[t]chment digging itself Removed.
301.2.30 Mecklenburg, Duke Adolf Fr[i]edrich of, Added.
Governor of Togoland, 76