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768:(Brigade Nord), which stated that the main offensive from the north was planned for the 19th. After heavy fighting, the German army retreated to the southeast, in three columns. The civilian authorities of Tabora surrendered to the troops of the
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region, Lake Force was disbanded. Wahle, in anticipation of an Allied pursuit, was retreating at a rapid pace to
Mahenge and found himself in unexplored and uninhabited terrain, with no water and food at his disposal.
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was mounted on one of the railway wagons. Both sides suffered heavy losses, the train station was bombarded, the Force publique launched an attack, and the
Germans were pushed back.
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General Charles Crewe, was in a race with the Belgian forces to reach Tabora. The British force failed and blamed heavy German resistance and severe supply problems.
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on 8 September. The southern brigade led the offensive actions for the next 4 days, closing in on Tabora from the west. Wahle established his main positions at
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and Tabora (the largest town in the interior of the German colony), pushing the German colonial army back. The victory not only left much of the
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launched the counterattack on Usoke from 2 to 3 September, which was repelled by the Force
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Belgian control for the rest of the war
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Avec les vainqueurs de Tabora: notes d'un colonial belge en
Afrique Orientale Allemande
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Tip and Run: The Untold Tragedy of the Great War in Africa
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592:crossed the border and captured the settlement of
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681:, terminus of the strategic railway line from
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562:Bataille de Tabora
529:Chilembwe uprising
281:400 (228 captured)
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108:5.0167°S 32.8000°E
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341:Lake Nyasa
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776:Aftermath
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