Maziua raid

Maziua raid
Part of the East African Campaign (World War I)
Date24 August 1914[a]
Location11°39′4″S 36°46′12″E / 11.65111°S 36.77000°E / -11.65111; 36.77000
Result German victory
Belligerents

 German Empire

Portugal Portugal

Commanders and leaders
Wolfgang Weck Eduardo Costa 
Units involved
Schutztruppe detachment Niassa Company police detachment
Casualties and losses
Unknown 10–13 killed
Maziua is located in Mozambique
Maziua
Maziua
Location within Mozambique

The Maziua raid was an armed clash between German and Portuguese colonial troops in Mozambique on 24 August 1914 during World War I. Though the two countries were officially at peace, German soldiers carried out a cross-border raid into Portuguese Mozambique for unclear reasons, and destroyed the outpost of Maziua. The Portuguese soldiers killed in the raid were the first Portuguese casualties of World War I.
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