Defensive fight i Rufiyi-Delta in German East Africa, 1915

• 473296
• File
• 1915

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

The German Kreuzer Königsberg supported the troops of General Lettow-Vorbeck until 1915, until a defeat in the Rufiyi Delta. The surviving crew transported their wounded to Dar es Salaam with the help of local porters / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

A F Bowden

• AFB
• Item
• 1916-1919, 1929

Part of Imperial War Museum Department of Documents

Collection of documents relating to his service with the Army Service Corps at the Base Supply Depot, Dar Es Salaam in East Africa during the First World War, including photocopied extracts from his ms diary refering to Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck,...

In: Imperial War Museum Department of Documents

Private correspondence with relatives and acquaintances: vol. 1

• BArch, N 103/1
• File
• 1871-1929

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

Contains among other things: Heloise von Lettow, Elisabeth (sister), Anna von Zastrow (mother's sister) Wahle, Tabora; Captain at Sea Max Looff, Dar es Salaam; Lieutenant General Jan Christiaan Smuts Waffenmeister Dressel, Hahenge; Wife von R...

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Vorbeck, Paul Emil von Lettow

Imperial Protection Forces (Existing)

• BArch, RW 51
• Fonds
• 1891-1918

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

History of the Inventor: After the German Reich had abandoned an active colonial policy in the first years of its existence due to foreign policy considerations, this changed in 1884. The colonies Deutsch-Südwestafrika, Togo, Cameroon, Deutsch-Neu...

In: Protection troops and other institutions under imperial supreme command