Maziua raid

Maziua raid
	Part of the East African Campaign (World War I)
Date	24 August 1914
Location	Maziua, Niassa Province, Portuguese Mozambique11°39′4″S 36°46′12″E / 11.65111°S 36.77000°E
Result	German victory
Belligerents
German Empire German East Africa;	Portugal Portuguese Mozambique;
Commanders and leaders
Wolfgang Weck	Eduardo Costa †
Units involved
Schutztruppe detachment	Niassa Company police detachment
Casualties and losses
Unknown	10–13 killed
	Maziua class=notpageimage\| 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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