Table of Contents
Illustrations x
Maps xiii
Acknowledgements xxvii
Glossary xxix
Dramatis Personae xxxiii
Introduction I
Part 1 1914 II
1 'The Germans Open the Ball' 13
2 Phoney War 26
3 'The Action of a Lunatic' 40
4 The Aftermath 59
5 Marking Time 67
Part 2 1915 77
6 The Coast 79
7 The War in the West 94
8 'A Brilliant Affair' 102
9 The End of the Königsberg 113
10 'The Lion and the Springbok' 125
11 A Velha Aliada - 'The Old Ally' 136
12 'Swallows and Amazons' 145
13 The African War 155
Part 3 1916 167
14 The Build-up 169
15 The 'First Salaita Show' 177
16 The 'Robbers' Raid 187
17 Opsaal! Saddle-up! 197
18 The Advance down the Northern Railway 206
19 The Crescent Flag 212
20 'The Cannibals' 224
21 The 'Ubiquitous Rhodesians' 232
22 'Abso-Damn-Lutely Fed Up 239
23 Smuts's 'Final Phase' 252
24 'The Condemned' 267
25 The 'Suicidal System of Supply' 278
Part 4 1917 291
26 Unfinished Business 293
27 The Raiders 306
28 The Allies 316
29 Into 'The Unknown' 324
30 The German Pimpernel 336
31 The 'China Affair' 347
32 The Propaganda War 351
Part 5 1918 361
33 The Hunt Begins 363
34 Nhamacurra 372
35 Tipperary mbali sana sana! 379
Epilogue: 'There Came a Darkness' 392
Appendices
1 German East Africa Schutztruppe: Dispositions July 1914 403
2 Indian Expeditionary Forces 'B' and 'C': Summarised Orders of Battle of 1914 406
3 German East Africa Schutztruppe: Order of Battle 5 March 1916 407
4 British Forces in East Africa: Summarised Order of Battle 4 April 1916 412
5 British Order of Battle (Main Force), 5 August 1916 415
6 British Forces in East Africa: Summarised Order of Battle 30 June 1917 417
7 German East Africa Schutztruppe: Order of Battle 14 October 1917 419
8 British Forces in East Africa: Summarised Order of Battle 31 March 1918 422
Notes 425
Bibliography 440
Index 465