MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · November 5
THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 5
November 5 in history
1914 — Tanga
2-5 Nov 1914 — Lettow-Vorbeck’s askari, outnumbered 8-to-1, rout a British-Indian landing (helped, the story goes, by swarming bees). His East African force will keep 130,000 imperial troops chasing it until after the armistice.
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