25 November 1917: The Battle of Ngomano—After a pyrrhic victory at the Battle of Mahiwa (15-18 October) & the airship L 59's resupply mission was aborted, Lettow-Vorbeck's Germans & askaris, short on ammunition & everything else, invaded Portuguese East Africa (África Oriental); routed the Portuguese defenders; & rearmed, reequipped, & replenished themselves with Entente matériel.
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