Section of a 1906 map of German East Africa from Belgian Congo and Lake Tangayika to the west to the capital of Dar-es-Salaam on the Indian Ocean coast. The German colony faced the British colonies of British East Africa and Rhodesia to the north and southwest, Belgian Congo to the west, and Portuguese Mozambique to the south. From Andree's Allgemeiner Handatlas, published in Leipzig, Germany by Velhagen & Klasing.
Deutsch Ostafrica, Britische Besitzungen, Kongostaat, Portugiesische BesitzungenGerman East Africa, British possessions, Congo Free State, Portuguese possessions
"My dear General,I learn that after long and tough fighting, our brave African troops have captured Tabora, the citadel of the German East African defences.I would like to take advantage of this brilliant feat of arms to offer you, as well as the officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers under your command, my warmest congratulations on the constant successes won in this far-off campaign which has demanded so much effort to organise."
Beginning of a September 30, 1916 letter from Albert I, King of the Belgians to General Charles Tombeur, senior Belgian officer in Belgian Congo, who had captured Tabora in German East Africa on September 19. Tabora lay on the rail line between Lake Tanganyika to the west and Dar-es-Salaam on the Indian Ocean to the east.
The War Diaries of Albert I King of the Belgians by Albert I, pp. 124–125, copyright © 1954, publisher: William Kimber
1916-09-30, 1916, September, Tabora, German East Africa, Tombeur, Albert, Belgium
