A Adjutant (steamer), 85. Aeroplanes: first appearance, 80; brought down, 86. Alto Moloque: surprise, 263; Portuguese officers taken prisoner, 263; large supplies of food, 265. Amaramba, Lake, 302. Amboni plantation, 62. Armistice, first news of, 13 Nov., 315. Arrival of first store-ship, 67; second ditto, 117. Arusha: cattle extensive, 11; potentiality of the district, 11, 29. Askari: native soldiers, 27; training, 8; old, well-to-do, 10; back pay, 319; women follow our force, 177. AstrÆa, English cruiser, 27. Attendants reduced, 176. Augar, Captain, 35. Auracher, District Commissioner, 35, 38. B Bagamoyo: bombarded, 31; reconnoitre, 146; falls into enemy hands, 148. Bangweolo, Lake, 311. Baron Dhanis, steamer (Belgian), 95. Barrett, Lieutenant (English), 107. Barton, Colonel (English), 251. Bast, Sergt.-Major, killed, 87. Batzner, Lieutenant, 214. Baudouinville (Congo): White Fathers, 14; French missionaries, 14; native industry, 14. Baumstark, Captain, 33, 36, 38. Baziots, The, Administrator, 96. Becker’s post, 90. Before the war, re-arming companies, 13. Behobeho: field howitzer lost, 171; heavy fighting and Selous killed, 171. Belgian steamer Delcommune shot to pieces, 29. Belgian Commander-in-Chief at Lake Kivu, 92. Bergmann, Lieutenant, 39. Beves, General (English), 212. Bismarckburg-Langenburg operations, 96. Bleeck, Lieutenant, 56, 162, 200. Bock, Lieut.-Colonel von, 8. Boell, Lieutenant, 138; wounded, 301. Boemken, Major von, 159. Bolles, Sergt.-Major, killed, 296. Boot-making experiments, 194. Botha, General, reported coming, 72. Braunschweig, Captain, 82, 149, 182. Bread without wheat flour, 193. Bridge building, 71. British North Lancashire Regiment, 42. British Regular officers chivalrous, 107. British treatment of German prisoners, 221. Brucher, Lieutenant, 192. Bueschel, Lieutenant, 87. Buffaloes, best in East Africa, 12. Buiko, 141. Buller, Major (English), wounded, 147. Burungi Mountains, 134; supplies plentiful, 134. C Camaraderie of escort, 322. Cecil Rhodes, steamer, sunk, 97. Chalau taken, 287. Chambesi depot, 314. Chappuis, Lieutenant von, 31, 185. Chirumba station, 241. Chiulezi, 235. Chiwata, position, 217; ammunition shortage, 218. Christiansen, Lieutenant, 68. Cloth-making at Kilima Njaro, 70. Coast towns defence, 63. Command of Lake Tanganyika, 29. Communications cut off, 34. Concentration at Pugu, 21. Congo Act, against England, 19. Containing the enemy on Uganda, 77. Cook, Lieutenant, 101st Grenadier Guards, 45. Cotton spinning, 69. Cutsch, Lieutenant, 221. Cutting down rations, 176. D Dar-es-Salaam: first action, artillery fire, 27; negotiations for surrender, 28; English ships appear, 52; English Consul King, 20; internment at, 323; embarkation, 325. Delcommune, Belgian steamer, destroyed, 29. Delschitz, Lieutenant von, 97. Dessel, Dr., 38. Destructiveness of termites, 30. Deventer, General van: arrives, 138; at Kondoa, 144; at Kilossa, 146; at Kilwa, 200; calls for surrender, 235; telegram of Armistice, 315; conditions of Armistice, 317. Dickinson, Colonel (English), 284, 318. Discontent at Logeloge, 163. District Commissioner, 6. Dodoma, enemy reach, 145. Dsalla, Lake, 110. DÜrr, Father, 10. Dutumi action, 156; abandoned, 157. E Edwards, General (English), 255, 262, 320. Embarkation, January 17th, 1919, 325. Enemy, The: vital point, 4; Enemy, The: propaganda captured, 86; scouts use poisoned arrows, 90; advances north-west and south-west, 140; take a rest, 158. Engare Len, 78. England among our enemies, 18. English Consul King, 20; naval expedition, 97; plans discovered, 290; recruits make good, 104; spies active, 99. Enslin, General, 154. Erdmann, Second Lieutenant, killed, 63. Erok Mountain ambush, 64. Europeans and natives interned, 320. F Falkenstein, Captain, 84. Fate of German possessions, 3. Feilke, Captain, 31, 51, 134, 174. Field companies increased, 71. Fife, enemy depots captured, 310. First action, Dar-es-Salaam, 27. First journey of inspection, 4. First Masai: pure Hamites, 10; original Jews, 10; characteristics, 10. Fischer, Major, 119. French missionary propaganda, 14. G Galula, 307. Gararagua encounters, 110. Garrod, Major (English), captured, 292. Gerlich, Lieutenant, killed, 63. German Fleet revolt, 318; patrol rides into enemy camp, 144; possessions, fate of, 3. German prisoners, British treatment of, 221; Reservists mobilized, 22; Revolution, 318; settlers source of military power, 7. Goering, Captain, 210; wounded, 301. Goetzen, steamer: building, 84; completed, 96; sunk, 186. Gold Coast Hill, enemy grenade attack, 169. Gore-Brown, Major (English), drowned, 276. Gothein, Lieutenant Dr., 99. Grabow, Master Butcher, 40. Grawert, Major von, surrenders, 188. Grote, Lieutenant, 75; died, 121. Gudovius, wounded and prisoner, 185. Guerilla warfare imperative, 63; commenced, 64. Gwendoline, steamer, 99. H Hammerstein, Captain von, 18 31, 38, 42, 44, 56, 58; died of wounds, 63. Handeni, collecting station, 130. Hasslacher, Lieutenant, killed, 186. Haun, Lieutenant, 96. Haxthausen, Lieutenant von, 89. Hedwig von Wissmann, steamer, 14; Henneberger, Lieutenant, 86. Hering’s battery, 43. Hiffmeister, Veterinary Officer, 12. Himo, 32. Hindenburg’s name not heard of, 48. builds cottages, 130. Hoskins, Major (English), 200. Huber, Dr., 323. Huebner, Lieutenant, surrenders, 186. Hulua Mountain, 300. HÜttich, Sergt.-Major, 280. Hyacinth, The, off Tanga, 86. I Ili, 266; return to, 290; English plans discovered, 290. Imminence of universal war, 3. Inagu, von Schroetter’s escape, 261. Indian Brigade, 42; Insufficient interest of authorities, 10. Internment of Europeans and natives, 320. Iringa, 15. Irangi: enemy shell headquarters, 138; food in abundance, 139; series of actions, 139; enemy casualties heavy, 139; general view of position, 140. J Jantzen, Lieutenant, 207. Jericho, 97. Jews, first Masai the original, 10. Johannes, Lieut.-Colonel, 10. K Kaempfe, Lieutenant, 87. Kahe, 121; our retreat, 123. Kaiser’s, The, abdication, 318. Kajambi Catholic Mission, 312. Kaltenborn, Captain von, 130. Kanga Mountain encounters, 142. Karongo, 98. Kasama captured, 313. Kasigao Mountain action, 75. Kauffman, Second Lieutenant, killed, 63. Kayense, 47. Kempner, Lieutenant, 319. Kepler, Major, 57; killed, 63. Kibata: occupied, 167; guns brought up, 167; congratulations of General Smuts, 170. Kidodi heliograph station, 18. Kifumbiro, 89. Kigoma (Tanganyika), 13; as naval base, 95. Kilima Njaro: supply depot, 32; activities at, 68; cotton shortage, 69; making cloth, tyres, motor fuel and boots, 70; bridge building, 70. Kilimatinde, best buffaloes in East Africa, 12. Kilossa, 145. Kilwa: demands attention, 159; Commissioner taken prisoner, 159; enemy dumps surprised, 192; bombarding enemy transports, 193; enemy’s strong forces, 200. Kimamba depot, 133. Kingani, steamer, 95; lost, 98. Kirnamba, 31. Kissaki: stores destroyed, 152; prisoners taken, 155. Kissangire Station, 123; minor engagements, 164. Kissenyi fighting, 92. Kissi Mountains, 173. Kissija: capture of enemy propaganda, 86; enemy driven out, 164. Kitangari, 223. Kitendu, enemy division surrounded, 188. Kituta, 96. Kivu, Lake, 91, 98, 126, 140, 185. Klein, Sergt.-Major, killed, 214. Klinghardt, Captain, 93, 126, 134, 142, 144, 145. Koehl, Captain, 68, 112, 179, 204; transport surprised, 256. Portuguese heavy losses, 273; search for ammunition, 273; large supplies captured, 276. Kondoa: occupied, 135; fight in the dark, 137; English civil administration, 137. Kondoa-Irangi: enemy shell Headquarters, 138; food in abundance, 139; series of actions, 139; enemy heavy losses, 139; general view of position, 140. Konduchi, 27. KÖnigsberg, The, 19; puts to sea, 28; destroys English cruiser Pegasus, 84; concealed in Rufiji delta, 84; blown up, 85; ten guns salved, 85; Adjutant recaptured, 85. Koriwa, Wunderlich wounded, 251. Kornatzki, Captain von, 33, 52. Kraut, Major, 29, 182, 184, 323. KrÖber, Railway Commissary, 36, 57, 79. Kroeger, Lieutenant, killed, 214. KrÜger, Secretary, 30. KÜhlwein, Herr, 162. Kungulio: Enemy defeat, 172; hippo shooting, 160. Kurungu, our envelopment fails, 205. Kwiri, field hospital left behind, 259. L Lake Amaramba, 302. ” Bangweolo, 311. ” Dsalla, 110. ” Kivu, 91, 98, 126, 140, 185. ” Moero, 322. ” Tshahafi, 92. Lang, Lieutenant, 92. Langenburg: fertility and native industries, 15; ours for eighteen months, 99. Langenn, Major von, 96, 98, 185, 186; division loses heavily, 187. Ledebur, Freiherr von, 8. Lembeni country, 124; aeroplanes brought down, 140. “Lettow Schnapps,” 195. Liebermann, Captain von, 164, 200, 202. Ligonja, 282. Lincke, Captain, 136. Lindi, 196. Lioma: retirement after heavy fighting, 296; transport detachment lost, 299; severe enemy losses, 299. Logeloge discontent, 163. Lolkisale Mountain: 28th Company surrender, 126; Captain Rothert wounded, 126. Longido Mountain: English attack, 67; enemy reinforced, 106. Low level of musketry training, 9. Lugella: depot captured, 268; no ammunition found, 270. Lukuledi, 213; conference on aspects, 216. Lupembe, enemy retire, 187. Luscheringe River, 304. Lusinje, Captain Wienholt captured, 248. Lutende: enemy surprised and routed, 199; English commanding officer wounded, 199. Lyncker, Lieutenant von, 106. M Mafia Island, English take, 86. Magad Railway, 65. Mahenge country, 141. Mahiwa: flank surprise, 211; severe fighting, 211; enemy defeat absolute, 211; guns and ammunition captured, 213. Makatan, English defeat, 74. Makima headquarters, 165. Makoti, enemy retire with heavy losses, 254. Wahehe chief rebels, 182. Malaria, native immunity against, 24. Malema: fertility of, 261; enemy advance, 262; difficulties of bush tactics, 262; Boma captured, 260. Malleson, General (English), 74, 106. Mara Bay, 90. Marangu, 105. Masai, first, 10. Massako, 98. Matendu floods, 197. Matuschka, Lieutenant, 80. Mawa action, 179. Maximum strength, 72. Mayita, 90. Mbinji fruit, 241. Mbizi depot, 307. Mbosi Mission, 15; reports of English intentions, June, 1914, 15; country, 96. Mechanical transport, 50. Meda, 245. Medical supplies, 195. Meinhertshagen, Captain (English), 44. Meixner, Dr., 259. Merker, M., and the Masai, 10. Michels, District Commissioner, 146. Mihambia, bombs dropped, 203. Mirow, Sergt.-Major, killed, 168. Mkulu Mountain, 239. Mlali, enemy advance, 150. Mletere, 299. Mobilization, August, 1914-18, not extended to overseas, 18; Reservists, 22. Moero, Lake, 312. Moewe, steamer, 19, 28, 91, 94. Mori Bay, 89. Morogoro as base, 142; headquarters, 146; enemy converge on, 149. Moshi, 52. Mosquito, The, 25. Moving forces to Northern Railway, 29. Mpapua action, 145. Mpili, 224. Mpoororo, 91. Mpotora base, 181. Msalu river, 247. Muanza, steamer, 47, 87, 88, 89. Mujeba, 270. Mujebain, 280. MÜller, Staff Surgeon, 46, 196. Musketry training low level, 9. Musslin, Major-General, 248. Musoma, 89. Mwasge Mission, 96. Mwenzo Mission, 311. Mwurnoni, 56. My early experiences, 16. Mzima Camp, 69. N Nagawamira, 304. Namacurra. See Kokosani. Nambindinga, 220; reducing the strength, 220. Namirrue: enemy routed, 283; Colonel Dickinson captured, 284; Lieut. Ruckteschell wounded, 286; Lieutenant Silke killed, 286; enemy annihilated, 286. Nampepo, roast pork and brawn, 267. Namunu, 245. Nangwale, 238. Nanungu concentration, 242. Narungombe: enemy flee in disorder, 202; Liebermann’s great success, 202. Narunyu, enemy attack, 205. Native carrier difficulty, 24; interchange of communications, 13; method of warfare, 9; immunity against malaria, 24; industries, 15. Naval guns salved from the KÖnigsberg, 85. Ndanda Catholic Mission, 206. Nevale, 224. headquarters, 49; pleasant times at, 59; aeroplane drops bombs, 113; abandoned, 119. New Steglitz headquarters, 116. New supply detachment raised, 179. News: from home, 67; of German Fleet revolt, 318; German Revolution, Kaiser’s abdication, 318. Ngaula, enemy routed, 193. Ngomano action, 230. Niemeyer, Commander, 7. Njango Camp, 204; telegram from His Majesty, 204. Nordenholz, Sergt.-Major, 291. North Pare Mountains, 125. Numarroe, 291. Nyanza hostile enterprises, 47. Nyassa, Lake, 98. O Old Askari, 10. Old 1871 rifle, 8. Oldorobo Mountain, 80; enemy retreat in disorder, 104; English recruiting bait, 104; English orders, “Take no prisoners,” 104. Old Utengule Mission, 307. Oriva occupied, 280. Ott, Lieutenant, wounded, 292. Otto, Captain, 58, 145, 172, 179. Our movements from North-West to Central, 127. Our departure from North final, 129. P Pangire Mission, 305. Pare Mountains, 125. Pegasus, English cruiser, 27, 84. Pekera captured, 287. Peramiho Mission, 305. Poisoned arrows used by enemy, 90. Police Askari, 6. Poppe, Captain, wounded, 295. Pori (bush) difficulties, 12; not easy to disappear in, 13. Portuguese: invade Makonde, 165; driven into their territory, 166; territory entered, 190. Prince, Captain von, 4, 32, 41, 45. Protective Force, 6; strength of, 19. Pugu, concentration of troops, 21. Q Quelimane, 265. Quinine production, 71. R Rations cut down, 176. Reata-Kahe: our withdrawal by night, 114; evacuated, 116; enemy occupy, 116. Reata-Latima Mountain repulse, 114. Reata-North defences, 111. Recke, Lieutenant, killed, 89. Regone, 293. Rentell, Engineer, 71. Reservists mobilized, 22. Revolt of German Fleet, 318. Revolution in Germany, 318. Rifle, old 1871, 8. Rothe, Director of Postal Service, 30. Rotterdam welcome, 325. Ruckteschell, Lieutenant von, 75, 147, 286. Rufiji, Delta, 84; loss of the KÖnigsberg, 85; enemy advance on, 160; evacuated at rainy season, 180. Rugesi Passage, 89. Ruhudje, fighting on the, 184. Rukwa, Lake, 306. Ruponda, we lose supplies, 208. Russissi minor actions, 93. Rwiba Mount, 308. S Saidi, 251. Salt supplies, 194. Schaefer, Lieutenant, 57. Schaefner, Lieutenant, 259. Schimmer, Captain, 93. Schleuntz, Colonel von, 8. Schnee, Dr., 27. Schmid, Captain, 31. Schoenfeld, Lieut.-Commander, 7, 85, 144. Schottstaedt, Lieutenant, 45. Schroetter, Lieutenant von, 51, 260, 296. Schulz, Captain, 33, 94, 98, 130, 146, 163, 167. Second store-ship arrives, 117. Selke, Lieutenant, killed, 286. Selous killed, 171. “Shensi” spies, 108. Shirarti, 89. Singida stud farms, 11. Sisal plant, 56. Smith-Dorrien, General, 104. Smuts, General: takes over command from Smith-Dorrien, 104; at Kitovo, 110; at Handeni, 142; calls for surrender at Uluguru Mountains, 158; congratulates Von Lettow on decoration, 170; operations wrecked on Rufiji, 172; relieved by General Hoskins, 200. South Pare Mountains, 76. Spalding, Lieutenant, killed, 63. Spangenberg, Captain, 323; died, 324. Sphinx Harbour, 100. Ssongea, enemy at, 304. Ssonyo treachery, 87. Stemmermann, Captain, 113, 146, 153. Sternheim, Lieutenant, 114. Stewart, General (English), 110. Stolowsky, Staff Surgeon, 195. Strength of Protective Force, 19. Struwe, Sergt.-Major, 192. Stud farms at Singida, 11. Stuemer, Major von, 87, 130, 134, 190, 207. Supplies devoured at depots, 174. Supply system, 23. Supreme military power, 21. Surgery under difficulties, 196. Surrender: Smuts calls for, 158; Deventer calls for, 235. Swahili, 15. Sybil, steamer (English), 88, 90. T Tabora, hospital ship, 51. Tabora retirement, 186. Tafel, Captain, 22, 28, 33, 132, 178. Tafeli surrender, 236. “Take no prisoners,” English order, 104. Tanga: hostile cruisers off, 35. plans for defence, 36; enemy attack, 41; British North Lancashire Regiment defeat, 42; enemy mowed down, 42; transfer of wounded, 44. Tanganyika, Lake, command of, 29. ” Railway, 52. Termites, 30. Thierfelder, Dr., 195. Thurmann, Sergt.-Major, killed, 296. Timbani Mountain, 256; Koehl’s transport surprised, 256. Tipa, Boma, 282. Tombeur, Belgian commander at Kivu, 92. Tombwe post captured, 95. Tomondo, steamer, 159. Treachery of Ssonyo, 87. Trench mortar captured, 286. Tse-tse fly, 11; plague, 26. Tshahafi, Lake, 92. Tuliani headquarters bombed, 143. Tunduru district, 192. Tunga: enormous booty, 45; our losses insignificant, 45. U Ubena, 306. Uganda Railway, containing the enemy on, 4, 77. Ukerewe, 89. Unconditional “surrender” or “evacuation,” 319. Unindi, enemy repulsed, 200. Universal war imminent, 3. Unprepared for war, 10. Unterrichter, Lieutenant von, 68. Usambara country, 4; volunteer rifle corps, 4. Utengule (Old) Mission, 307. Utungi, Lake, 172, 174, 177, 179, 188. V in English hands, 87. Volunteer Rifle Corps at Usambara, 4. Vorbeck, General von Lettow-: landing at Dar-es-Salaam, 3; tour of inspection, 4; buffalo hunting, 13; water on the knee, 13; a raw hand, 16; early experiences, 16; had malaria ten times, 25; slightly wounded, 138; congratulated by Smuts, 170; experiments in bread-making, 193; wireless from Kaiser, 204; Deventer calls for surrender, 235; hippo shooting, 240; receives news of German offensive, Western Front, 248; operation on toe, 249; injury to eye, 249; Deventer’s telegram of Armistice, 315; and conditions of surrender, 317; sends telegram to Kaiser, 317; no reply from German Government, 319; declines Colonel Hawkins’ invitation, 319; Deventer’s reply to protest, 321; at Kigoma, 322; at Tabora and at Morogoro, 323; at Dar-es-Salaam, December 8th, 1918. Embarked January 17th, 1919, 325; reached Rotterdam, 325. W Waganda Warriors, 47. Wahehe tribe, 32. Wahle, Major-General, 23, 31, 51, 97, 140, 184 et seq., 323. Waimi, steamer, 86; blown up, 186. Wamaka, 288. Wangoni desertions, 305. Wassukuma people, 91. Water-finding, 80. Welcome at Rotterdam, 325. White Fathers, 14. Wienholt, Lieutenant, capture and escape, 143. Wienholt, Captain, captured, 248. Wilhelmstal native police, 6. Wintgens, Captain, 91, 185, 186; division captures gun, 187; taken prisoner, 189. Winzer, Sergt.-Major, gets through, 188. WÜlfingen, Captain Bock von, 87. Wunderlich, Lieut.-Commander, wounded, 251. Y enemy advance, 30; country, 34; English concentration, 56; our attack, 58; enemy surrender, 61. Z Zambesi Ferry, 314. Zelewski’s expedition, 15. Ziethen, steamer, 86. Zimmer, Captain, 28, 82, 93, 94. Printed at The Chapel River Press, Kingston, Surrey. |