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1914-1917 BELGIAN CONGOLESE CAMPAIGNS - WWI East Africa
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or Search by Topic AfricaAmerica - North America -South Arabia - Middle East Arctic - Antarctic Asia - Central Asia - China & Japan Asia - Southeast Australia & Pacific Bibliographies Europe Globes Graphic Arts Literature Maps & Prints Mountaineering Natural History Russia Sciences Signed & Inscribed Sir Richard F. Burton Photographic Chronicle - WWI Belgians in East Africa Titre: Les Campagnes Belges d'Afrique, 1914-1917. Cameroun - Est Africain Allemand. Documents du Service photographique du Ministère des Colonies de Belgique. Paris: Hélio Sadag, 1918. 42 pages. Très bon état, couverture originale, titre imprimé en rouge, broché. Comprend quatre pages de texte par commandant Cayen, 94 images photographiques, 3 cartes, et une illustration de médailles Belgiques. Très intéressant ouvrage évoquant la défense du Congo Belge, notamment du port de Lukunga, puis l’offensive contre les territoires allemands d’Afrique. Coopération des belges envers l’armée française autours de la Sanga et de l’Oubangui puis du Cameroun. Coopération avec la Grande Bretagne pour consolider la frontière rhodésienne. Prise par les troupes belges de la province du Ruanda en son chef lieu Kigali puis conquête de l’Urundi puis du port de Usumbura sur le lac Tanganika. Très rares photos de ces conquêtes, avec entre-autres le camp d’aviation de Toa et les hydravions Short de l’armée belges sur la lac Tanganika. Paris: Hélio Sadag, 1918. 42 pages, not numbered. Original sand coloured wrappers, titled in red to front. Text is in French. Contemporary documentation and photography from the Minister of Belgian Colonies, dealing with Belgian-Congolese participation in the East African Campaign, World War I. Includes 94 photographic images, 3 sketch maps, and a plate illustrating seven colonial Belgian medallions. Belgian-Congolese participation in the campaign was sizeable. Colonial armed forces of the Belgian Congo ('Force Publique') started a campaign on 18 April 1916 under the command of General Tombeur, Colonel Molitor and Colonel Olsen. They captured Kigali on 6 May. The German forces in Burundi fought well, but had to give in to the numerical superiority of the Force Publique. On 6 June, they took Usumbura, and by that time had completely occupied Rwanda and Burundi. The Force Publique then started the campaign to capture Tabora. They marched into Tanganyika in three columns and took Biharamuro, Mwanza, Karema, Kigoma and Ujiji. After several days of heavy fighting they took Tabora. Fearing Belgian claims on the German colony, Smuts quickly sent Belgian forces back to Congo, leaving them as occupying forces in Rwanda and Burundi. But the British were forced to call Belgian-Congolese troops to help for a second time in 1917, and after this they worked together. 
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