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Folios 523-523a: Military position: reports that Von Lettow has captured the Portuguese...

Catalogue reference: CO 691/6/94

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This record is about the Folios 523-523a: Military position: reports that Von Lettow has captured the Portuguese... dating from 1917 Dec 14 in the series Colonial Office: Tanganyika: Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 691/6/94
Date
1917 Dec 14
Description

Folios 523-523a: Military position: reports that Von Lettow has captured the Portuguese post at Nanguar, Hawthorn's column is concentrating at Nawera, the 1st battalion 4th King's African Rifles remain at Tunduru and the remainder of Murray's column is concentrating in Songea district.

Sent from Brigadier-General Northey,11 December 1917.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
61436
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18347392/

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Colonial Office: Tanganyika: Original Correspondence

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Despatches sent from Governor, Horace Archer Byatt, 1917-18.

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