Military operations : East Africa Volume 1. August 1914-September 1916 / compiled by Charles Hordern ; founded on a draft by the late H. FitzM. Stacke
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- 6454920
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- Description:
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- London : His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1941
- xl, 603 pages, 66 pages of plates : maps (some colour) ; 22 cm.
- Series:
- History of the Great War based on official documents by direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
- Full contents:
- Vol. 1. August 1914-September 1916. Volume 2 never published.
- Partial contents:
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- Maps on endpapers and bound in back of volume 1: Map on endpaper: Theatre of war in East Africa
- Sketch 1. Strategic situation at the outbreak of war, 1914
- Sketch 2. Northern area of operations, eastern sector
- Sketch 3. Northern area of operations, western sector
- Sketch 4. Voi–Tsavo area – Sketch 5. Coastal area
- Sketch 6. Magadi
- Longido area
- Sketch 7. Kisii, 12th Sep 1914
- Sketch 8. Kagera line
- Sketch 8a (page 76). Approaches to Tanga
- Sketch 9. Tanga, 3rd Nov 1914
- Sketch 10. Tanga, 4th Nov 1914
- Sketch 11. Tanga, 4th Nov 1914
- Sketch 12. Rufiji Delta, Königsberg operations
- Sketch 13. Eastern lake area
- Sketch 14. Operations around Jasin, Jan 1915
- Sketch 15. Strategic situation, 1st Apr 1915
- Sketch 16. Capture of Bukoba, 22nd - 23rd Jun 1915
- Sketch 17. Mbuyni, 14th Jul 1915
- Sketch 18. Southern area of operations, 1914-1915
- Sketch 19. Karonga 8th - 9th Sep 1914
- Sketch 19a (page 181). Attack on Sphinxhaven, 30th May 1915
- Sketch 20. Defence of Saisi, Jun - Aug 1915
- Sketch 20a (page 194). Caprivi Zipfel – Sketch 21. Salaita, 12th Feb 1916
- Sketch 22. Kilimanjaro operations, Smut’s plan 1916
- Sketch 23. Kilimanjaro operations, 5th - 11th Mar 1916
- Sketch 24. Action of Latema Nek, 11th-12th Mar 1916
- Sketch 25. Kilimanjaro, 11th Mar 1916
- Sketch 26. Kilimanjaro, Smut’s plan for 2nd phase
- Sketch 27. Action of Kahe, 21st Mar 1916
- Sketch 28. Area of operations between Kilimanjaro and the central railway, Apr-Sep 1916.
- Sketch 28a (page 268). Area of operations north of the central railway
- Sketch 29. Advance to Kondoa Irangi and Mbulu, Apr-May 1916
- Sketch 30. Operations around Kondoa Irangi, May-Jun 1916
- Sketch 31. Advance down Pangani River, 20th - 31st May 1916
- Sketch 32. Advance to Handeni, 7th - 18th Jun 1916
- Sketch 33. Action of Mkalamo, 9th Jun 1916
- Sketch 34 (page 298). Operation near Korogwe, 14th - 15th Jun 1916
- Sketch 35 (page 302). Advance to Lukigura
- Sketch 36. Action of the Likigura, 24th Jun 1916
- Sketch 37. Operations east of the line of communication, Jul 1916
- Sketch 38. Advance of the 2nd Division to the central railway, Jul - Aug 1916
- Sketch 39. Advance through the Nguru Mountains, Smut’s plan
- Sketch 40. Advance through the Nguru Mountains, operations 5th-10th Aug 1916
- Sketch 41. Operations between Turiani & the Wami, 13th to 16th Aug 1916
- Sketch 42. Action of the Wami, 17th Aug 1916
- Sketch 43. Advance to Kilosa
- Sketch 44. Area of operations, 20th Aug - 15th Sep 1916
- Sketch 45. Operations around Morogoro, 21st - 29th Aug 1916
- Sketch 46. Affair of Mlali, 24th - 26th Aug 1916
- Sketch 47. Advance of the 1st Division, 31st Aug - 10th Sep 1916
- Sketch 48. Advance of the Mounted Force, 31st Aug - 8th Sep 1916
- Sketch 49. Operations around Kisaki and the Mgeta River, 13th - 30th Sep 1916
- Sketch 50. Affair of the Dutumi, 10th - 12th Sep 1916
- Sketch 50a (page 373). Rufiji area
- Sketch 51. Operations of the 2nd Division, 24th Aug - 18th Sep 1916
- Sketch 52. Capture of Bagamoyo, 15th Aug 1916
- Sketch 53. Advance on Dar-es-Salaam, 31st Aug - 6th Sep 1916
- Sketch 53a (page 386). Central coastal area
- Sketch 54. Lower Ruvuma
- Sketch 55. North-west area of German East Africa, 1916
- Sketch 56. Kagera line, Feb - Jun 1916
- Sketch 57. Belgian invasion of Ruanda, 25th Apr to 21st May 1916
- Sketch 58. Capture of Ukerewe Island, 9th - 15th Jun 1916
- Sketch 59. Belgian advance to Kigoma, Jun - Aug 1916
- Sketch 60. British & Belgian operations west of Lake Victoria, Jun - Jul 1916
- Sketch 61. Capture of Mwanza
- Sketch 62. Advance on Tabora, Aug - Sep 1916
- Sketch 62a (page 456). Railway east of Tabora
- Sketch 63. Advance from Nyasaland - Rhodesia border, 21st May - 12th Jun 1916
- Sketch 64. Advance through the Mountains of Ukinga, 13th - 30th Jun 1916
- Sketch 65. Advance - Malangali, 4th - 25th Jul 1916
- Sketch 66. Operations of Northey’s Force, 14th Aug - 30th Sep 1916
- Sketch 66a (page 501). Advance to Songea, 16th - 20th Sep 1916
- Sketch 67. Strategic situation, 1st Oct 1916
- Sketch 67a (page 502). Area of operations from Bismarckburg Jun - Sep 1916 – Map on end-paper: Theatre of war in East Africa, southern area, 1914 – 1918.
- Notes:
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- 'By direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence'.
- Spine title: Official history of the war.
- Maps on endpapers.
- Statement of responsibility on maps: Compiled by the Historical Section (Military Branch). Ordnance Survey.
- Date of publication on maps ranges in date: 1935-1940.
- Includes indexes.
- List of volumes of the British Official History available online. Address as at 16/04/2014: http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/books/british-official-history-volumes.htm
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- East Africa
- Title on spine: Military operations : East Africa. Vol. 1. Aug.1914-Sept. 1916
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