paul lettow vorbeck

[singletond]

There was a WWI East Africa event where the British thought they had surrounded Paul Lettow Vorbeck. During the night the British heard what they thought was heavy guns being readied for the repel the next mornings attack. In the morning the British found the encirclement empty except for a few men who had carted heavy steel plates arounds making the clanging noise the British heard.

Please could someone point me to a historical description of that event.

Dave

[Cantankerous]

More info on this event is found at Wikipedia.

[Sid Guttridge]

Hi Cantankerous,

I had a quick look at your link and didn't find this incident mentioned. Could you be more specific?

Cheers,

Sid.

[Peter89]

There was a WWI East Africa event where the British thought they had surrounded Paul Lettow Vorbeck. During the night the British heard what they thought was heavy guns being readied for the repel the next mornings attack. In the morning the British found the encirclement empty except for a few men who had carted heavy steel plates arounds making the clanging noise the British heard.

Please could someone point me to a historical description of that event.

Dave

Hello Dave,

it might worth to read his memoirs, also available in English (My Reminiscences of East Africa by Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck). If you need a pdf, drop me a message.

[Tanzania]

There was a WWI East Africa event where the British thought they had surrounded Paul Lettow Vorbeck. During the night the British heard what they thought was heavy guns being readied for the repel the next mornings attack. In the morning the British found the encirclement empty except for a few men who had carted heavy steel plates arounds making the clanging noise the British heard.
Please could someone point me to a historical description of that event.
Dave

Hi Dave

Without further details of the time or location, no one can ever give you a specific answer to your question.
What is the source of your information?

Cheers Holger