Battle of Lukigura

Action at Lukigura River
Part of East African Campaign

Officers of 2nd Kashmir Rifles with the German flag and machine gun captured.[1]
Date24 June 1916
Location
Lukigura River, German East Africa
Result British victory
Belligerents

 Germany

 United Kingdom

Commanders and leaders
unknown British Raj Hadar Ali Khan[2]
Units involved
unknown
Strength
200 700
Casualties and losses
27 killed 300 killed

The Battle of Lukigura was fought during the East African Campaign of World War I.

References

  1. ^ "The Service of Lieutenant Colonel G H Cooke in the East Africa Campaign 1914 - 1918".
  2. ^ "The Service of Lieutenant Colonel G H Cooke in the East Africa Campaign 1914 - 1918".

Further reading

  • Chisholm, Hugh (1922). The Encyclopædia Britannica, The Twelfth Edition, Volume 2. New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, LTD.


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