Title page of the issue of 17.11.1916 with a detailed diary of the war events during the First World War from June 1914 to November 1916 from an English perspective and in English

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English aid ship 'Brüssels', brought in by the Germans, which sailed under Captain Fryatt, in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Colonial literature Author: Ada Schnee Publisher: Verlag Quelle und Meyer

German troops in a conquered position of the English fort in British East Africa in Majoreni, 24 September 1914 / Photographer: Scherl

Supporting column of the German Schutztruppe under Lettow-Vorbeck on the march / Photographer: Scherl

Portrait of Piet Nieuwenhuizen, who was Lettow Vorbeck's closest confidant until his surrender in D e u t s c h -O s t a f r i k a / Photographer: Scherl

Heliographer's station on the top of a mountain in the Mahenge battlefield / Photographer: Scherl

In the German colony of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a the Kreuzer Königsberg was sunk on the coast. The German fleet was strengthened by Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of the Schutztruppe. / Photographer: Scherl

The torpedo boat 'Wami' takes over a torpedo from the 'Königsberg' in the colony D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

The English armed motorboat 'Mimi' carries locals on the Lualaba river German East Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Armed members of the Schutztruppe during a rest at the roadside in the colony Deutsch-Ostafrika during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

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Map sketch of the combat operations of the Schutztruppe under Lettow-Vorbeck in the colony D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Motorcyclist of the Schutztruppe on a liaison trip German East Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Exercise of the German Schutztruppe with a dismountable barge on the pond in Mahenge / Photographer: Scherl

Embarkation of loads for an officer patrol at Spekegolf, a bay at Lake Victoria / Photographer: Scherl

Letters home as administrative officer in Northern Nigeria, and while serving in the German East Africa campaign.