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figures of over 200 Portuguese killed and wounded and nearly 700 taken prisoner; other writers state around 25 Portuguese killed along with 162 Askari, with almost 500 captured. The prisoners of war were used by the
Germans as porters for the 250,000 rounds of ammunition, six machine guns and several hundred rifles that were also captured. With this equipment, the Germans managed to completely resupply their force. Von Lettow-Vorbeck abandoned and destroyed the majority of his force's German weaponry for which he had no ammunition and armed his troops with Portuguese and British weapons. Portuguese uniforms seized from the captured prisoners were used to replace the ragged old German ones that the force had previously worn.
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British intelligence officer inspected the scene of the fighting and is reported to have stated that far from having adequate supplies as indicated by the garrison commander, the Portuguese had actually been short of food and were "on the brink of starvation"
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rounds. While the artillery attacked the camp, the
Germans moved their forces upstream and crossed the Rovuma safely out of sight of Pinto and his men. The Portuguese did not resist von Lettow-Vorbeck's forces when they crossed the river and remained encamped at Ngomano. The Germans were easily able
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Portuguese garrison at Ngomano received word from a British intelligence officer that an attack was about to commence. Nevertheless, when the attack came they were unprepared. In order to distract Pinto and his men, the Germans shelled the camp from across
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European killed. The Portuguese, on the other hand, had suffered a massive defeat and by failing to prevent von Lettow-Vorbeck's force from crossing the Rovuma allowed him to continue his campaign until the end of the war. Estimates of Portuguese casualties vary, with some sources providing
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was sent to stop von Lettow-Vorbeck from crossing the border. The
Portuguese were flanked by the Germans, while encamped at Ngomano on 25 November 1917. The battle saw the Portuguese force nearly destroyed, with many troops killed and captured. The capitulation of the Portuguese enabled the Germans
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he had lost a large number of troops and expended virtually his entire supply of modern ammunition. With only antiquated weapons and no means of resupply, von Lettow-Vorbeck decided to invade
Portuguese East Africa in hopes of acquiring sufficient supplies to continue the war. There was no legal
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Portuguese commander had been able to begin preparations for the assault; however, he had planned on receiving a frontal assault and when the force came under attack from the rear he was completely surprised. The Portuguese attempted to
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Von Lettow-Vorbeck is said to have estimated about 200 dead, with 150 Europeans being released on parole and several hundred Askaris being taken prisoner. Heinrich Schnee provided the lesser figures mentioned above. (Paice 2008, p.
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in case the British decided to follow him into Portuguese East Africa. His force won several more victories while seizing even more supplies and ammunition before moving back into German East Africa in 1918.
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and a large supply cache but his inexperienced force was no match for von Lettow-Vorbeck's force, which crossed the river with between 1,500 and 2,000 veterans as well as a large number of
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impediment to this attack; acting at Britain's request, Portugal had seized 36 German and Austro-Hungarian merchant ships anchored in front of Lisbon on 24 February 1916 and Germany had
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2014:Southern Palestine offensive
976:. London: Methuen & Co.
798:. Washington. March 10, 1916
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1823:Gorlice–Tarnów offensive
1729:Battle of Grand Couronné
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2340:Greater Poland Uprising
2240:National Protection War
2117:Meuse–Argonne offensive
2067:German spring offensive
2062:Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
1838:Siege of Novogeorgievsk
1813:Second Battle of Artois
1694:Battle of the Frontiers
1019:Paice, Edward (2008) .
993:A History of Mozambique
970:Downes, Walter (1919).
201:Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
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2855:Late Ottoman genocides
2662:Bulgarian occupations
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2334:Hungarian–Romanian War
2152:Naval Victory Bulletin
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2097:Hundred Days Offensive
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1941:Battle of Transylvania
1795:Second Battle of Ypres
1663:Sarajevo assassination
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781:Chisholm 1922, p. 884.
772:Chisholm 1922, p. 885.
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253:200 killed and wounded
187:Commanders and leaders
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3042:Sykes–Picot Agreement
2870:Pontic Greek genocide
2845:Destruction of Kalisz
2821:Eastern Mediterranean
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2127:Armistice of Salonica
2057:Operation Faustschlag
2004:Third Battle of Oituz
1926:Baranovichi offensive
1894:Lake Naroch offensive
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1843:Vistula–Bug offensive
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1749:First Battle of Ypres
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2709:Russian occupations
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2034:Armistice of Focșani
1764:Battle of Sarikamish
1714:Battle of Tannenberg
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915:Downes 1919, p. 281.
879:Downes 1919, p. 280.
870:Downes 1919, p. 179.
834:Newitt 1995, p. 419.
825:Downes 1919, p. 180.
792:"Portugal is in war"
763:Downes 1919, p. 179.
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3243:1910s in Mozambique
3177:They shall not pass
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3057:Treaty of Bucharest
2996:USA against Germany
2973:Declarations of war
2677:German occupations
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2316:Armeno-Georgian War
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2132:Armistice of Mudros
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1999:Battle of Mărășești
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1909:Battle of the Somme
1833:Bug-Narew Offensive
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1800:Sinking of the RMS
1592:Scramble for Africa
1586:Franco-Prussian War
1242:Sinai and Palestine
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897:Paice 2008, p. 340.
861:Paice 2008, p. 339.
843:Paice 2008, p. 339.
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2651:Occupations
2642:Spanish flu
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1673:July Crisis
1594:(1880–1914)
1257:Mesopotamia
1135:Home fronts
1094:World War I
623:capitulated
540:World War I
335:Kilimanjaro
250:Few wounded
151:East Africa
99: /
3212:Categories
3010:Agreements
2810:War crimes
2686:Luxembourg
2579:Casualties
1450:Montenegro
1285:South West
1165:Technology
1155:Propaganda
1145:Opposition
922:References
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639:encampment
582:Background
495:Pere Hills
458:Narungombe
379:Latema Nek
315:Lake Nyasa
179:Mozambique
87:38°29′37″E
84:11°25′42″S
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2614:Olympians
2537:Australia
2504:Logistics
2437:Vlora War
2366:(1918–19)
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1802:Lusitania
1630:(1912–13)
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1588:(1870–71)
1377:Principal
1237:Gallipoli
1140:Memorials
1125:Geography
1115:Aftermath
752:Footnotes
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687:Aftermath
665:companies
485:Namacurra
406:Matamondo
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2697:Ober Ost
2477:Aviation
1571:Timeline
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1247:Caucasus
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564:materiel
556:Tanzania
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448:Nambanje
443:Behobeho
325:Zanzibar
248:4 killed
230:Strength
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1527:Germany
1522:Leaders
1460:Romania
1401:Belgium
1396:Leaders
1295:Kamerun
1277:African
1212:Romania
1190:Balkans
1105:Outline
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647:porters
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571:Entente
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374:Salaita
320:Karonga
238:900 men
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138:Germany
71:Ngomano
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2928:France
2756:Canada
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2542:Canada
2499:Horses
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1416:France
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1433:Italy
1411:China
1305:North
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712:Notes
490:Lioma
453:Rumbo
416:Mlali
340:Tanga
2730:POWs
2049:1918
1951:1917
1877:1916
1778:1915
1682:1914
1487:Siam
1290:East
1049:ISBN
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959:OCLC
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