Mahenge offensive

Mahenge offensive
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
Date 28 August 1917 – 9 October 1917 Location Mahenge, German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania) Result Allied victory
Belligerents
German Empire German East Africa	Belgium  Belgian Congo  British Empire South Africa
Commanders and leaders
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.^[1]