Battle of Rumbo

Date	2-10 August 1917
Location	Rumbo, German East Africa
Result	British and Portuguese victory

Belligerents

German Empire

British Empire and Portugal

Commanders and leaders

Georg Gabriel Von Munthausen(POW)

Albert Thyle and Frederico Ryot

Strength

2,500 men

6,000 men

Casualties and losses

1,500 Killed and 600 captured

386 Killed and some wounded or missing

v t e East African Campaign

Somaliland Zanzibar Rufiji Delta Kilimanjaro Tanga Jassin Bukoba Lake Tanganyika Salaita Latema Nek Kahe Kondoa Irangi Dodoma Mkalamo Lukigura Matamondo Wami Kilosa Mlali Morogoro Kidodi Dutumi Kisaki Njinjo Kimbaramba Kibata (1916) Behobeho Kibata (1917) Mpotona Utete Nambanje Kiawe Bridge Rumbo Narungombe Mahiwa Ngomano

The Battle of Rumbo was fought during the East African Campaign of World War I.

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