Battle of Rumbo

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{{Infobox Military Conflict

|conflict=Battle of Rumbo

|partof=the East African Campaign

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|date= 18 April 1917

|place= Rumbo, German East Africa

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|result= German victory

|combatant1= {{flag|German Empire}}

|combatant2= {{flag|British Empire}}

  • {{flagcountry|British India}}

|commander1= {{flagicon|German Empire}} Captain von Liebermann

|commander2= {{flagicon|British Empire}} Major William Thornton Gregg

|strength1= Unknown

|strength2= ~420

|casualties1= Unknown

|casualties2= Unknown

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}}

{{Campaignbox East African (World War I)}}

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

References

  • {{cite book

| last = Chisholm

| first = Hugh

| author-link = Hugh Chisholm

| title = The Encyclopædia Britannica, The Twelfth Edition, Volume 2

| publisher = The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, LTD

| year = 1922

| location = New York

}}

  • http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/433401.html

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