. Nelson's History of the war. him. The German lossin the action was severe, for they had fifty-sevenwhites killed and wounded, including seven officerskilled, heavy casualties among their native troops,and three machine guns smashed by our mountainbatteries. The disaster at Jassin compelled a withdrawal of our outlying posts in this region, and the Germans were justified in claiming that their East African territory was completely free from the enemy, while they held several posts inside the British borders. 1^ /- Our small successes were chiefly naval. Having taken the port of Shirati on the
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. Nelson's History of the war. him. The German lossin the action was severe, for they had fifty-sevenwhites killed and wounded, including seven officerskilled, heavy casualties among their native troops, and three machine guns smashed by our mountainbatteries. The disaster at Jassin compelled a withdrawal of our outlying posts in this region, and the Germans were justified in claiming that their East African territory was completely free from the enemy, while they held several posts inside the British borders. 1^ /- Our small successes were chiefly naval. Having taken the port of Shirati on the Victoria Nyanza, we used it as a base for our armed steamers, and on 6th March the Winifred drove ashore and totally disabled the Muanza, the only German armed steamer on the lake. On 8th January ~ J, an expedition from Mombasa occupied Jan. 8. ^j^g -gi^j^j q£ Mz^z, off the mouth of the river Rufiji. On 26th February we announcedthat from midnight on 28th February the coast ofGerman East Africa would be blockaded, four days. ^ ^fUsumbura MoshilE R M AN •Usongo