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The Nigerian Regiment in East Africa - on Campaign During the Great War 1916-1918 (Hardcover)
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The Nigerian Regiment in East Africa - on Campaign During the Great War 1916-1918 (Hardcover)
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The happy warriors in the green hats
This is the story of the Nigerian Regiment-an imperial regiment led
by British officers and manned principally by Hausa tribesmen who
formed part of the force that fought the Germans in East Africa
during the First World War. The account, written by one of those
British officers, describes the earliest activities of the regiment
in West Africa before travelling with them, across the continent,
to new challenges. The author's affection and pride in these troops
shines through every page and they were in his estimation some of
the finest troops the British Empire had to offer. The reader is
shown their perpetual good humour and outstanding courage and skill
as soldiers in the field. Distinguished by their green headdress
and machete they became a force with whom the enemy admitted 'they
would take no liberties.' Their East African allies good humouredly
hailed them with the call 'Yum Yum'-so convinced were they that
they were cannibals The pivotal battles of the campaign are
described in detail together with many personable anecdotes making
this an original and different view of the Great War.
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