Battle of Narungombe

Battle of Narungombe
	Part of East African Campaign
Location	German East Africa[1]
Result	German victory
Belligerents
Germany German East Africa;	British Empire East Africa; India; Nyasaland; Rhodesia; South Africa; Uganda; Belgium Belgian Congo; Portugal Portuguese East Africa;

The Battle of Narungombe was fought between the German Empire and Portugal during the East African Campaign of World War I.

The battle honour "Narungombe" has been granted to the Ghana Regiment, King's African Rifles and the South African 7th and 8th Infantry Regiment.

References

David F. Burg, Edward L. Purcell, L. Edward Purcell (1998). "19 July 1917". Almanac of World War I. Lexington, Kentucky, USA: University Press of Kentucky. p. 44. ISBN 0-8131-2072-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Chisholm, Hugh (1922). The Encyclopædia Britannica, The Twelfth Edition, Volume 2. New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, LTD.

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