Portuguese campaign in Mozambique (World War I)

Portuguese campaign in Mozambique
Part of East African campaign (World War I)
15th Infantry Battalion departs from Lisbon for African colonies, 1914
Date 24 August 1914 – November 1918 Location Portuguese East Africa Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
German Empire German East Africa	First Portuguese Republic Portuguese East Africa British Empire
Commanders and leaders
Wolfgang Weck Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck Erich Müller	Pedro Massano de Amorim Eduardo Costa † João Teixeira Pinto † Eric Gore-Browne †
Strength
Unknown	August 1914: 1,477[1] October 1916: 2,700[2]

The Portuguese campaign in Mozambique during World War I was part of the broader East African Campaign. This lasted until the collapse of German forces in East Africa in 1918.