Tanga defenses near the railway-irrigation ditch

Cristiano de S.O Campos · Post by **Cristiano de S.O Campos** » 11 Dec 2005 20:55

Hi

During the invasion of Tanga in 1914, the German 17 FeldKompagnie put some machine guns emplacements near of the cut of Railway.

These cut had three bridges and a small chanell (irrigation ditch).

I have the book Ice Creram war -written by William Boyd and in the chapter about Tanga battle two english officers try to hidden in these chanell and had been covered by mudd to protect the bees attack.

http://chakoten.dk/tanga_1914.html

Does anyone have one photo to these irrigation ditch?

Cheers

Cristiano
Rj
Brazil.

Peter H · Post by **Peter H** » 17 Dec 2005 15:17

Sisal plantations were the main crop around Tanga.I assume irrigation was used for this commercial enterprise.The Sisal hemp plant(used for rope making) was introduced to the region from Mexico in 1893.

Chris Dale · Post by **Chris Dale** » 18 Jan 2006 18:11

Hi Cristiano,
Here's a couple of photos from Ross Anderson's book, the Battle of Tanga. I hope they're of help.
Cheers
Chris

Cristiano de S.O Campos · Post by **Cristiano de S.O Campos** » 20 Jan 2006 21:35

Hi Chris

Thank You for the photos, these place is well defended by 17 FeldKompagnien and that a real obstacle for British invaders.

Cheers

Cristiano.