Battle of Rumbo

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Battle of Rumbo

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

Georg Gabriel Von Munthausen (POW)

Albert Thyle

Frederico Ryot

Strength

2,500 men

6,000 men

Casualties and losses

1,500 killed
600 captured

386 killed and some wounded or missing

v t e East African Campaign

Somaliland Zanzibar Rufiji Delta Kilimanjaro Tanga Jassin Bukoba Lake Tanganyika Salaita Latema Nek Kahe Kondoa Irangi Dodoma Mkalamo Lukigura Matamondo Wami Kilosa Mlali Morogoro Kidodi Dutumi Kisaki Njinjo Kimbaramba Kibata (1916) Behobeho Kibata (1917) Mpotona Utete Nambanje Kiawe Bridge Rumbo Narungombe Mahiwa Ngomano

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

References

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

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