Identifier: timeshistoryofwa10lond (find matches)
Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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at it took several weeks torepair. But about the middle of 1915 theGermans laimched at Kigoma the Gotzen,a twin-screw steamer 220 ft. in length, thelargest boat placed upon the lake. Tlie Britishhad then no boats on Tanganyika, and theBelgian gunboat A. Delconmnme had beendisabled at the beginning of hostilities. Inthe closing days of 1915 the situation wasaltered by the arrival of two British annedmotor-launches, which had been broughtoverland across Central Africa by bluejackets.As set forth in (Chapter CLIll., the Britishboats, with Molgian liolp, speedily capturedthe Kingani anrl sank the Hedwig von Wiss-mann. G(»nnan supremacy on Tanganyika wasat an end. The Gotzen, however, by keepingmainly in harbour at Kigoinii, escaped dftsLruc-tion until August, 19l(i. fossession of tJm plain iioitli of Tanganyika(once a part of the lake) wjuh stoutly contested.Frontier fiosts were l)Mil(, on eithfir side ofthe Husi/.i, which, traversing the plain, enters 150 THE TIMES lllSTOllY oE THE WAR.
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TROPHIES FROM BUKOBA.German Hags used as decorations for the railway coaches. the lake. Tlu> most notable ongagement wasfought on September 29, 1913. Beaten inprevious attacks on the Belgian post of Luvungi,the Germans on that occasion brought againstit a large force provided with ti(>ld artilleryand machine-gims. The action was of a mostobstinate character and lasted fourteen hours.It appearetl to be indecisive, but under co\erof night the Gennans retreated, leaving behind68 dead, two of whom were Gennan officers,besides a large quantity of munitions and stores.After this the Belgians established themselvesfirmly on the German side of the frontier. In the Kivu sector no question of navalpower was involved, for there were no aniiedvessels on Kivu, immediately north of whichrise the 3Ifiuubiro mountains. There is avery narrow stretch of lowland along thenorth side of the lake, and here passes aroad which on the Gennan side gives accessto the rich region of Ruanda. The Belgianfron

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