206thCEF Posted 31 August , 2009 Share Posted 31 August , 2009 Some notes on tactics in the East African campaign by Brig.-General S.H. Sheppard. from The United Service Institute Of India, April 1919. From the American Libraries Internet Archive. Joe http://www.archive.org/details/somenotesontacti00sheprich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 3 September , 2009 Share Posted 3 September , 2009 Thanks for the link Joe, a very useful little article. Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
206thCEF Posted 3 September , 2009 Author Share Posted 3 September , 2009 Hello Steve, glad you liked it. Always happy to help. Cheers Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Kotthaus Posted 4 September , 2009 Share Posted 4 September , 2009 Joe, brilliant info, excellent details. Thanks a lot. Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
206thCEF Posted 4 September , 2009 Author Share Posted 4 September , 2009 Thanks Holger, very kind. Appreciated. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athelstan Posted 8 September , 2009 Share Posted 8 September , 2009 Another good link Joe. Thank you. Full of little snippets you do not find elsewhere like paying the native population to find mines laid by the Germans and if they failed to find one paying them anyway but with an added beating (p147). At least that's what I think Shepherd is saying. Not very polictically correct! The difficulties of keeping porters from walking in single file and extending lines of supply raises an interesting problem too (p152). I'm not sure many later historians would agree with Shepherd's assertion that General Smuts' turning movements were very successful (p146). Still my favourite reference is the recommendation that shorts are out of place in a highly malarial country where "A baggy knickerbocker is far more serviceable." james w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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