Fendall, C.P.

The East African Force 1915-1919. An Unofficial Record of its Creation and Fighting Career; Together with some account of the Civil and Military Administrative Conditions in East Africa before and during that Period.

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1921. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 288 pages. 21 illustrations, including frontispiece. Fold-out sketch map near front showing East African campaign area. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial on spine. Blind tooling to front board. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor spotting. Some untrimmed pages. Minor closed tear to fold-out sketch map. Open tear to contents page. Interior otherwise bright and clean. Binding firm and strong and square. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

Includes, for example, the following: Formation of the East African force / Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, Commander-in-Chief / General Smuts found it / Advance to Kondoa Irangi / Von Lettow / Occupation of Dar-es-Salaam / Arrival of General Van Deventer / Port Amelia / The natives of Portuguese East Africa / Mozambique / The Uganda native hospital corps / The Y.M.C.A. and the field-force canteens / The Masai / Civil government of conquered territory / The Chinese / Effect of climate on non-tropical peoples / Variation of climate in East Africa / Malaria / The effect of bush fighting on the nerves, and some reasons for it / Africans serving with the force / The King’s African Rifles / German women etc.

This is an unofficial record of the campaign in East Africa, based partly on a diary kept by the author and written up at irregular intervals but by far the greater part has been written entirely from memory. The author saw no actual fighting and so he has not tried to describe it, and the opinions expressed and the comments made are his own, derived from what he saw and heard; much of what he heard came to him unofficially. This gives an account of the creation of the East African Force and its fighting career, together with some account of the civil and military administrative conditions in East Africa before and during the war. (Google Books)

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120208AB

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