Mahenge offensive
| Mahenge offensive | |||||||
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| Part of the East African Campaign of World War I | |||||||
Belgo-Congolese troops of the Force Publique marching through Kilosa as part of the Mahenge Offensive, July 1917 | |||||||
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| Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck |
Jacob van Deventer Armand Huyghé | ||||||
The Mahenge offensive (French: Offensive sur Mahenge) was a military action which occurred around the Morogoro Region in the east of German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania) during World War I. The combat formed part of the East Africa Campaign and ended with the capture of Mahenge by the Belgian forces on 9 October 1917.