Battle of Kahe
Battle in East Africa during World War I
Kahe
Battle of Kahe (Tanzania)
Date | 18 March 1916 |
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Location | Kahe, German East Africa |
Result | British victory |
German Empire
- German East Africa
20 captured
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East African campaign
1914
- Maziua
- Lake Nyasa
- Karonga
- Zanzibar
- Rufiji Delta
- Kilimanjaro
- Tanga
1915
- Jassin
- Bukoba
- Lake Tanganyika
1916
- Salaita
- Latema Nek
- Tabora offensive
- Tabora
- Kahe
- Kondoa Irangi
- Matamondo
- Kilosa
- Mlali
- Dutumi
- Kisaki
- Kibata
1917
1918
The Battle of Kahe was fought during the East African Campaign of World War I. It was the last action between German and Entente forces before the German retreat from the Kilimanjaro area. British and South African forces surrounded German positions at Kahe, south of Mount Kilimanjaro. Entente forces inflicted heavy casualties[1] and captured large German artillery pieces while receiving comparably little casualties. German forces retreated from there, further into the interior of the colony.
References
- ^ Thompson, E S (1916). A Machine Gunner's Odyssey Through German East Africa: The Diary of E S Thompson, Part I. 17 January - 24 May 1916.
- Chisholm, Hugh (1922). The Encyclopædia Britannica, The Twelfth Edition, Volume 2. New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, LTD.
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