Mahenge offensive

Mahenge offensive
Part of the East African Campaign of World War I

Belgo-Congolese troops of the Force Publique marching through Kilosa as part of the Mahenge Offensive, July 1917
Date28 August 1917 – 9 October 1917
Location
Result Allied victory
Belligerents

 German Empire

Belgium Belgium

 British Empire

Commanders and leaders
German Empire Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck Jacob van Deventer
Belgian Congo Armand Huyghé
Map of the East African Campaign, 1916-1917.

The Mahenge offensive (French: Offensive sur Mahenge) was a military action which occurred around the Morogoro Region in the east of German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania) during World War I. The combat formed part of the East Africa Campaign and ended with the capture of Mahenge by the Belgian forces on 9 October 1917.[1]