Battle of Salaita | |||||||
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Part of the East African campaign | |||||||
![]() British 4-inch naval guns on improvised carriages in position above Njoro Drift during the two day bombardment of German positions at Salaita, 8 March 1916. | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
2,300 |
6,000 41 machine guns 18 field guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown (but light) | 172 killed, wounded or missing |
The Battle of Salaita Hill (German: Battle of Oldoboro Hill) was the first large-scale engagement of the East African Campaign of the First World War to involve British, Indian, Rhodesian, and South African troops. The battle took place on February 12, 1916, as part of the three-pronged offensive into German East Africa launched by General Jan Smuts, who had been given overall command of the Allied forces in the region.
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