イギリス遠征軍の輸送と待ち伏せ
- イギリス遠征軍は1914年8月12日から21日にかけてフランスに輸送され、イギリスの駆逐艦と潜水艦がヘリゴラント海峡で警戒に当たった。
- イギリスのグランドフリートは北海中央に待機し、南下する準備をしていたが、ドイツ軍の攻撃はなかった。
- ドイツ軍はイギリス軍がフランスに迅速に移動することを予想しており、イギリス軍が必要とする時間を過大評価していた。イギリス海軍のホームフリートを探し求めるドイツの潜水艦が哨戒任務についていた。
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The bulk of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was transported to France between 12 and 21 August, protected by British destroyers and submarines patrolling Heligoland Bight, which German ships would have to cross if they sortied. The Grand Fleet remained in the centre of the North Sea ready to move south but no attack came. The German army had anticipated a rapid transfer of the British army to France, German naval planners overestimated the time the British would need and German submarines were on patrol seeking the Home Fleet. At Harwich, Commodore Roger Keyes commanded a squadron of long-range submarines that regularly patrolled the Heligoland Bight and Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt commanded a destroyer patrol. They observed that German destroyers had adopted a regular pattern of patrols where each evening cruisers would escort destroyers out of harbour, to patrol for British ships during the night before being met and escorted home each morning. Keyes and Tyrwhitt proposed to send a superior force during darkness to ambush the German destroyers as they returned. Three British submarines would surface in a position to draw the destroyers back out to sea while a larger British force of 31 destroyers accompanied by nine submarines would cut them off from Germany. Other submarines would wait for any larger German ships leaving the Jade estuary to help. Keyes impressed First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill by the daring of his plan, which was adopted with some changes. An attack at 08:00 on the German daytime patrol was preferred. Keyes and Tyrwhitt requested support for their operation, in particular bringing the Grand Fleet south and the support of the squadron of six light cruisers commanded by Commodore William Goodenough. This was refused by the Chief of Staff—Vice Admiral Doveton Sturdee—who instead agreed to place only lighter forces consisting of Cruiser Force K (Rear Admiral Gordon Moore) with the battlecruisers HMS New Zealand and Invincible 40 mi (35 nmi; 64 km) to the north-west and Cruiser Force C comprising the Cressy-class armoured cruisers, HMS Cressy, Aboukir, Bacchante, Hogue and Euryalus, 100 mi (87 nmi; 160 km) west. The attack was planned for 28 August; the submarines were to sail on 26 August, while Keyes would travel on the destroyer Lurcher and the surface ships would depart at dawn on 27 August. Tyrwhitt, aboard the brand new light cruiser HMS Arethusa, would command the 3rd Flotilla of 16 modern L-class destroyers, whilst his subordinate, Captain William Blunt, aboard the light cruiser HMS Fearless, would command the 1st Flotilla of 16 older destroyers. Tyrwhitt had requested the replacement of his cruiser HMS Amethyst because she was too slow to keep up with his destroyers but Arethusa did not arrive until 26 August. Her crew were inexperienced and it was discovered that its new 4 in (100 mm) Mk V guns jammed when fired.
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字句を一部訂正しましたので再送いたします。 訂正箇所：「大型のドイツ艦船を待ち受ける」→「大規模なドイツ艦船団を待ち受ける」、「攻撃は8月28日に計画された」→「攻撃は8月28日に（実行するものとして）計画された」。 ＞The bulk of the British ～ seeking the Home Fleet. ⇒8月12日から21日までの間に英国遠征隊（BEF）の大部分がフランスに輸送された。その際ヘルゴラント（北海にあるドイツ領の小島）湾を巡視する英国軍の駆逐艦と潜水艦による護衛を受けた。そこはドイツ軍船団が巡航するので、それによって攻撃された時のためであった。（英国）大艦隊は南に移動する準備を整えておいて北海の中心海域に残ったが、攻撃は来なかった。ドイツ方面軍は英国軍がフランスへ急速移動するものと予想していたが、ドイツの海軍計画者は英国軍が移動に必要とする時間を過大に評価し、ドイツ軍潜水艦隊は英本国の艦隊を巡回捜索していた。 ＞At Harwich, Commodore Roger ～ destroyers as they returned. ⇒ハリッチ（英国エセックス州の港町）で、ロジャー・キーズ艦隊司令官は長距離潜水艦の1個戦隊にヘルゴラント湾の定期巡回を命じ、レジナルド・ティルウィット艦隊司令官は1個駆逐艦隊に（海上）巡視を命じた。彼らは、ドイツ軍の駆逐艦が毎晩巡洋艦の護衛を受けて出航し、夜間英国艦船と出会わないうちにあたりを巡視して、翌朝また護衛を受けて帰還するという、規則的な行動パターンを採っていることを観察した。キーズとティルウィットは、ドイツ軍の駆逐艦が帰還する際に暗闇の中で待ち伏せて奇襲するために、より優れた部隊の派遣を提案した。 ＞Three British submarines would ～ daytime patrol was preferred. ⇒3隻の英国潜水艦が（帰還中の）敵駆逐艦を海方向へ引き戻すような位置に浮上し、その一方で9隻の潜水艦を伴う31隻の駆逐艦という大規模な英国軍団が彼らをドイツ（本国）から遮断し切り離すこととした。他の潜水艦は、ヤーデ河口を離れて援助に来る一層大規模なドイツ艦船団を待ち受けることとした。キーズはその大胆な計画によって海軍大臣ウィンストン・チャーチルに感銘を与えたが、一部変更が採用された。（例えば）ドイツ軍の日中巡回である午前8時の攻撃が優先された。 ＞Keyes and Tyrwhitt requested ～ and Euryalus, 100 mi (87 nmi; 160 km) west. ⇒キーズとティルウィットは、彼らの作戦行動のための支援、特に大艦隊の南への移動と、ウィリアム・グッドイナフ艦隊司令官が指揮する軽巡洋艦6隻の戦隊による支援を要請した。これは、参謀長 ―ダブトン・スターディ副総督― によって拒否され、代りに彼は以下の2個部隊からなる軽量軍団のみによる支援に同意した。すなわち、巡洋艦HMSニュージーランド号とインヴィンシブル号を伴う巡洋戦艦部隊K（後衛提督ゴードン・ムーア）を40マイル（35海里；64キロ）北西に配置し、クレシー艦級の装甲巡洋艦であるHMSクレシー号、アブーキア号、バカント号、ホーグ号、ユーリアラス号からなる巡洋戦艦部隊Cを100マイル（87海里；160キロ）西に配置することを承認したのであった。 ＞The attack was planned ～ guns jammed when fired. ⇒攻撃は8月28日に（実行するものとして）計画された。潜水艦隊は8月26日に出航する予定となり、一方キーズは駆逐艦ラーチャー号に乗艦して、（それを含む）水上艦船隊は8月27日の夜明けに出発することとなった。ティルウィットは最新型の軽巡洋艦HMSアレツーサ号に乗艦して新式のL級駆逐艦16隻編成による第3艦隊を指揮する一方、彼の配下のウィリアム・ブラント海軍大佐は軽巡洋艦HMSフィアレス号に乗艦して旧式の駆逐艦16隻編成による第1艦隊を指揮することとなった。ティルウィットは、巡洋艦HMSアメジスト号が（彼の艦隊中の）駆逐艦と並進するには巡航速度が遅すぎるため交換を要請していたが、そのアレツーサ号は8月26日まで到着しなかった。その乗組員は（新艦の）経験が浅く、新型4インチ（100ミリ）Mk V型砲を発砲した時に砲身の弾詰まりが露呈した。
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＞The bulk of the British ～ seeking the Home Fleet. ⇒8月12日から21日までの間に英国遠征隊（BEF）の大部分がフランスに輸送された。その際ヘルゴラント（北海にあるドイツ領の小島）湾を巡視する英国軍の駆逐艦と潜水艦による護衛を受けた。そこはドイツ軍船団が巡航するので、それによって攻撃された時のためであった。（英国）大艦隊は南に移動する準備を整えておいて北海の中心海域に残ったが、攻撃は来なかった。ドイツ方面軍は英国軍がフランスへ急速移動するものと予想していたが、ドイツの海軍計画者は英国軍が移動に必要とする時間を過大に評価し、ドイツ軍潜水艦隊は英本国の艦隊を巡回捜索していた。 ＞At Harwich, Commodore Roger ～ destroyers as they returned. ⇒ハリッチ（英国エセックス州の港町）で、ロジャー・キーズ艦隊司令官は長距離潜水艦の1個戦隊にヘルゴラント湾の定期巡回を命じ、レジナルド・ティルウィット艦隊司令官は1個駆逐艦隊に（海上）巡視を命じた。彼らは、ドイツ軍の駆逐艦が毎晩巡洋艦の護衛を受けて出航し、夜間英国艦船と出会わないうちにあたりを巡視して、翌朝また護衛を受けて帰還するという、規則的な行動パターンを採っていることを観察した。キーズとティルウィットは、ドイツ軍の駆逐艦が帰還する際に暗闇の中で待ち伏せて奇襲するために、より優れた部隊の派遣を提案した。 ＞Three British submarines would ～ daytime patrol was preferred. ⇒3隻の英国潜水艦が（帰還中の）敵駆逐艦を海方向へ引き戻すような位置に浮上し、その一方で9隻の潜水艦を伴う31隻の駆逐艦という大規模な英国軍団が彼らをドイツ（本国）から遮断し切り離すこととした。他の潜水艦は、ヤーデ河口を離れて援助に来る一層大型のドイツ艦船を待ち受けることとした。キーズはその大胆な計画によって海軍大臣ウィンストン・チャーチルに感銘を与えたが、一部変更が採用された。（例えば）ドイツ軍の日中巡回である午前8時の攻撃が優先された。 ＞Keyes and Tyrwhitt requested ～ and Euryalus, 100 mi (87 nmi; 160 km) west. ⇒キーズとティルウィットは、彼らの作戦行動のための支援、特に大艦隊の南への移動と、ウィリアム・グッドイナフ艦隊司令官が指揮する軽巡洋艦6隻の戦隊による支援を要請した。これは、参謀長 ―ダブトン・スターディ副総督― によって拒否され、代りに彼は以下の2個部隊からなる軽量軍団のみによる支援に同意した。すなわち、巡洋艦HMSニュージーランド号とインヴィンシブル号を伴う巡洋戦艦部隊K（後衛提督ゴードン・ムーア）を40マイル（35海里；64キロ）北西に配置し、クレシー艦級の装甲巡洋艦であるHMSクレシー号、アブーキア号、バカント号、ホーグ号、ユーリアラス号からなる巡洋戦艦部隊Cを100マイル（87海里；160キロ）西に配置することを承認したのであった。 ＞The attack was planned ～ guns jammed when fired. ⇒攻撃は8月28日に計画された。潜水艦隊は8月26日に出航する予定となり、一方キーズは駆逐艦ラーチャー号に乗艦して、（それを含む）水上艦船隊は8月27日の夜明けに出発することとなった。ティルウィットは最新型の軽巡洋艦HMSアレツーサ号に乗艦して新式のL級駆逐艦16隻編成による第3艦隊を指揮する一方、彼の配下のウィリアム・ブラント海軍大佐は軽巡洋艦HMSフィアレス号に乗艦して旧式の駆逐艦16隻編成による第1艦隊を指揮することとなった。ティルウィットは、巡洋艦HMSアメジスト号が（彼の艦隊中の）駆逐艦と並進するには巡航速度が遅すぎるため交換を要請していたが、そのアレツーサ号は8月26日まで到着しなかった。その乗組員は（新艦の）経験が浅く、新型4インチ（100ミリ）Mk V型砲を発砲した時に砲身の弾詰まりが露呈した。
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イギリス海外派遣軍の殆どは8月12-21の間フランスに派遣され，このときドイツ艦が出撃したときのためにヘルゴラント湾を巡視する駆逐艦と潜水艦に護衛された． グランドフリート(イギリス本国艦隊と大西洋艦隊が統合された主力艦隊)は南方対応の準備を整えながら北海中央海域に残ったものの，攻撃はなかった． ドイツ陸軍はイギリスが高速輸送をしてくることを予想していて，ドイツ海軍計画立案者はイギリス軍の輸送時間を過剰に想定していたため，輸送終了後も潜水艦隊をイギリス本国艦隊の捜索に派遣していた． ハリッジ(英)ではロジャー・キーズ代将が長距離潜水艦戦隊にヘルゴラント湾の定期巡視を，レジナルド・ティアウィット代将が駆逐艦一隻に巡視を命じていた．彼らはドイツ駆逐艦が毎晩巡洋艦に護衛されて出港し夜間イギリス艦船が出現する前に巡視し翌朝帰投する規則的な任務を監視していたのだ． キーズ代将とティアウィット代将はより優位な戦隊を夜闇に紛れ出撃させドイツ駆逐艦が帰投する時に奇襲させることを提案した． この計画は， ・イギリス潜水艦3隻はドイツ駆逐艦に対し退却を強いる位置に浮上する． ・数的優位な駆逐艦31隻に潜水艦9隻を随伴させ退却に回り込む． ・他の潜水艦はヤーデ河口から援護に来る大型艦を迎撃する位置につく． というものだった． この計画は初代海軍大臣ウィンストン・チャーチルによりいくつか改良された大胆なものであり，キーズ代将はこれにひどく感銘を受けた． 攻撃はドイツの昼間巡視の最中である午前8時が好ましかった． キーズ代将とティアウィット代将は作線支援，特にグランドフリートの南進とウィリアム・グッドイナフ代将に軽巡洋艦6隻から成る戦隊の支援を要求した． これは参謀長のダブトン・スターディ副総長によって拒否され，代わりにゴードン・ムーア海軍少将のK部隊により構成される軽量部隊のみの支援を承認した．これには巡洋戦艦HMSニュージーランドと航空母艦HMSインヴィンシブルが35海里北西から，C部隊に属する装甲巡洋艦HMSクレッシー，アブーキア，バッカント ，ホーグ，ユーライアスが87海里西から加わった． 攻撃は8月28日に予定された．8月26日に潜水艦が、8月27日の夜明けには水上艦船が出港し，キーズ代将は駆逐艦ラーチャーに乗艦した． ティアウィット代将は最新型の軽巡洋艦HMSアリュシーザに乗艦し，L級駆逐艦16隻を随伴とした第3艦隊を指揮し，ティアウィット代将の部下であるウィリアム・ブラント大佐は軽巡洋艦HMSフィアレスに乗艦し旧式駆逐艦16隻を随伴とした第1艦隊を指揮した． ティアウィット代将は巡洋艦HMSアメジストの航行速度が第3艦隊の中で目立って遅かったために変更を要求しHMSアリュシーザが配備される事となったものの8月26日まで遅延した． HMSアリュシーザの乗組員は練度が低く，新型4インチMk V砲に弾詰まりを起こした． ※戦争史に疎いため名詞に自信がなく，また意訳直訳が混じっています．申し訳ありません．
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Following the German Navy's successful raid on the Scandinavian convoy on 17 October 1917, Admiral Sir David Beatty, Commander-in-Chief of the British Grand Fleet, was determined to retaliate. On 17 November 1917 a strong force of cruisers under Vice Admiral Trevylyan Napier was sent to attack German minesweepers, which were clearing a channel through British minefields in the Heligoland Bight. The intentions of the German force had been revealed by British Naval Intelligence, allowing the British to mount an ambush. The German sweepers were escorted by a group of cruisers and torpedo-boats under Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter.The action began at 7.30 a.m., roughly 65 nautical miles west of Sylt, when HMS Courageous sighted the enemy. She opened fire at 7:37 a.m. Admiral Reuter, the German commander, with four light cruisers and eight destroyers, advanced to engage the Royal Navy units in order to cover the withdrawal of his minesweepers, all of which escaped except for the trawler Kehdingen,(GE) which was sunk. The battle thereafter developed into a stern chase as the German forces, skilfully using smoke-screens, withdrew south-east at their best speed, under fire from the pursuing British ships of the 1st Cruiser Squadron, the 1st and 6th Light Cruiser Squadrons, and, later, HMS Repulse (which had been detached from the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron and came up at high speed to join the battle). Both sides were hampered in their maneuvers by the presence of naval minefields. The British ships gave up the chase some two hours later, as they reached the edge of known minefields. At about the same time, the light cruisers came under fire from two German Kaiser-class battleships, SMS Kaiser and SMS Kaiserin which had come up in support of Reuter's ships; HMS Caledon was struck by one 30.5 cm (12.0 in) shell which did minimal damage; shortly thereafter, the British forces withdrew. All personnel on the bridge of the light cruiser HMS Calypso, including her captain, Herbert Edwards, were killed by a 15 cm (5.9 in) shell. The battle cruiser HMS Repulse, briefly engaged the German ships at about 10:00, scoring a single hit on the light cruiser SMS Königsberg that ignited a major fire on board. It was during this battle that Able Seaman John Henry Carless of HMS Caledon won a posthumous Victoria Cross for his bravery in manning a gun despite mortal wounds.
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At 07:58, Stettin and Frauenlob arrived, reversing the situation so that the British destroyers were obliged to retreat towards Arethusa and Fearless. Stettin withdrew, since the German destroyers had escaped but Frauenlob was engaged by Arethusa. Arethusa was better armed but two of its four 4 in (100 mm) guns jammed and another was damaged by fire. Frauenlob—armed with ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns—caused considerable damage before a shell from one of Arethusa's two 6 in (150 mm) guns destroyed her bridge, killing 37 men including the captain, forcing her to withdraw and return to Wilhelmshaven badly damaged. At 08:12, Tyrwhitt returned to the original plan to sweep the area from east to west. Six returning German destroyers were sighted which turned to flee, when one—V-187—turned back. The German ship had seen two cruisers, Nottingham and Lowestoft from Goodenough's squadron ahead and tried to pass through the British destroyers by surprise; V-187 was surrounded by eight destroyers and sunk. As British ships began to rescue survivors from the water, the German light cruiser Stettin approached and opened fire, forcing the British to abandon the rescue, leaving behind British sailors. The British submarine E4 had observed the action and launched a torpedo at Stettin but missed; Stettin attempted to ram the submarine, which dived to escape. When E4 resurfaced the larger ships had gone and the submarine rescued the British crewmen afloat in small boats with the German survivors. The Germans were left behind with a compass and direction toward the mainland as the submarine was too small to take them. At 08:15, Keyes—with Lurcher and another destroyer—sighted two four-funnelled cruisers. Still unaware that additional British ships were involved, he signalled Invincible that he was chasing two German cruisers. Goodenough received the signal, abandoned his search for enemy vessels to attack and steamed to assist Keyes against his own ships, Lowestoft and Nottingham. Keyes being chased by four more enemy cruisers, attempted to lure them towards Invincible and New Zealand, reporting them as enemy ships. Eventually, Keyes recognised Southampton and the ships attempted to rejoin Tyrwhitt. The British submarines were still unaware that the other ships were present and at 09:30, a British submarine fired two torpedoes at Southampton; the submarine missed and then escaped when Southampton tried to ram. Lowestoft and Nottingham remained out of communication range; separated from the rest of their squadron, they took no further part in the action.
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On the outbreak of war there were 2,760 Schutztruppen and 2,319 men in the King's African Rifles in East Africa. On 5 August 1914, British troops from the Uganda Protectorate attacked German outposts near Lake Victoria and on 8 August HMS Astraea and Pegasus bombarded Dar es Salaam.On 15 August, German forces in the Neu Moshi region captured Taveta on the British side of Kilimanjaro.In September, the Germans raided deeper into British East Africa and Uganda and operations were conducted on Lake Victoria by a German boat armed with a QF 1 pounder pom-pom gun. The British armed the Uganda Railway lake steamers SS William Mackinnon, SS Kavirondo, Winifred and Sybil and regained command of Lake Victoria, when two of the British boats trapped the tug, which was then scuttled by the crew. The Germans later raised the tug, salvaged the gun and used the boat as a transport. The British command planned an operation to suppress German raiding and to capture the northern region of the German colony. Indian Expeditionary Force B of 8,000 troops in two brigades would land at Tanga on 2 November 1914 to capture the city and take control the Indian Ocean terminus of the Usambara Railway. Near Kilimanjaro, Indian Expeditionary Force C of 4,000 men in one brigade, would advance from British East Africa on Neu-Moshi on 3 November, to the western terminus of the railway. After capturing Tanga, Force B would rapidly move north-west to join Force C and mop up the remaining Germans. Although outnumbered 8:1 at Tanga and 4:1 at Longido, the Schutztruppe under Lettow-Vorbeck defeated the British offensive. In the British Official History, C. Hordern wrote that the operation was "... one the most notable failures in British military history".
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Admiral John Jellicoe, commanding the Grand Fleet, was not told of the plan until 26 August. Jellicoe immediately requested permission to send reinforcements to join the raid and to move the fleet closer to the action but was allowed only to send battle cruisers in support. Jellicoe dispatched Vice Admiral David Beatty with the battlecruisers HMS Lion, Queen Mary and Princess Royal; and Goodenough with the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, made up of the light cruisers HMS Southampton, Birmingham, Falmouth, Liverpool, Lowestoft and Nottingham. Jellicoe sailed south from Scapa Flow with the remainder of the fleet. Jellicoe sent a message advising Tyrwhitt that he should expect reinforcements but this was delayed at Harwich and never received. Tyrwhitt did not discover the additional forces until Goodenough's ships appeared through the mist, leading to a certain apprehension because he was expecting to meet only German vessels. The E-class submarines HMS E4, E5 and E9 were ordered to attack reinforcing or retreating German vessels. HMS E6, E7 and E8 were positioned 4 mi (3.5 nmi; 6.4 km) further out to draw the German destroyers out to sea. HMS D2 and D8 were stationed off the river Ems to attack reinforcements should they come from that direction. At around 07:00, Arethusa, steaming south towards the anticipated position of the German ships, sighted a German torpedo boat, G194. Accompanying Arethusa were the 16 destroyers of the 3rd Flotilla. 2 mi (1.7 nmi; 3.2 km) behind were Fearless with the 1st Flotilla of 16 destroyers and 8 mi (7.0 nmi; 13 km) behind them was Goodenough with the six cruisers; visibility was no more than 3 mi (2.6 nmi; 4.8 km). G194 immediately turned towards Heligoland, radioing Rear Admiral Leberecht Maass, commander of the German destroyer squadron. Maass informed Rear Admiral Franz von Hipper, commander of the German battlecruiser squadron and responsible for local defence. Hipper was unaware of the scale of the attack but ordered the light cruisers SMS Stettin and Frauenlob to defend the destroyers. The light cruisers SMS Mainz moored on the Ems, SMS Strassburg, Cöln, Ariadne, Stralsund and Kolberg from the river Jade, Danzig and München from Brunsbüttelkoog on the river Elbe were ordered to raise steam. Tyrwhitt ordered four destroyers to attack G194 and the sound of gunfire alerted the remaining German destroyers moving north, which turned south towards home. Before they could complete the turn, they were sighted by British destroyers which commenced firing. The trailing destroyer V1 was hit, followed by the destroyer-minesweepers D8 and T33. G9 called for fire against the attacking ships from coastal artillery but the mist meant the artillery were unable to determine which ships were which. At 07:26, Tyrwhitt turned east, to follow the sound of gunfire and sighted ten German destroyers which he chased through increasing mist for 30 minutes until the ships reached Heligoland and he was forced to turn away.
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The Germans had maintained control of the lake since the outbreak of the war, with three armed steamers and two unarmed motor boats. In 1915, two British motor boats, HMS Mimi and Toutou each armed with a 3-pounder and a Maxim gun, were transported 3,000 miles (4,800 km) by land to the British shore of Lake Tanganyika. The British captured the German ship Kingani on 26 December, renamed it HMS Fifi and with two Belgian ships, under the command of Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, attacked and sank the German ship Hedwig von Wissmann. The MV Liemba and the Wami, an unarmed motor boat, were the only German ships left on the lake. In February 1916 the Wami was intercepted and run ashore by the crew and burned. Lettow-Vorbeck had the Königsberg gun removed and sent by rail to the main fighting front. Graf von Götzen was scuttled in mid-July after the Belgians made bombing attacks by floatplanes loaned by the British before Belgian colonial troops advancing on Kigoma could capture it; Graf von Götzen was refloated and used by the British.
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On 26 August, German forces captured Valenciennes and began the Siege of Maubeuge (24 August – 7 September). Leuven (Louvain) was sacked by German troops and the Battle of Le Cateau was fought by the BEF and the 1st Army. Longwy was surrendered by its garrison and next day British Marines and a party of the Royal Naval Air Service ("RNAS") landed at Ostend; Lille and Mezières were occupied by German troops. Arras was occupied on 27 August and a French counter-offensive began at the Battle of St. Quentin (1914) (Battle of Guise 29–30 August). On 29 August the Fifth Army counter-attacked the 2nd Army south of the Oise, from Vervins to Mont Dorigny and west of the river from Mont Dorigny to Moy towards St. Quentin on the Somme, while the British held the line of the Oise west of La Fère. Laon, La Fère, and Roye were captured by German troops on 30 August and Amiens the next day. On 1 September Craonne and Soissons were captured and on 5 September the BEF ended its retreat from Mons, German troops reached Claye, 10 miles (16 km) from Paris, Reims was captured, German forces withdrew from Lille and the First Battle of the Marne (Battle of the Ourcq) (5–12 September) began, marking the end of the Great Retreat of the western flank of the Franco-British armies.
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Military operations began on the French frontier, Libau was bombarded by a German light cruiser SMS Augsburg and the British government guaranteed naval protection for French coasts. On 3 August the Belgian Government refused German demands and the British Government guaranteed military support to Belgium, should Germany invade. Germany declared war on France, the British government ordered general mobilisation and Italy declared neutrality. On 4 August the British government sent an ultimatum to Germany and declared war on Germany at midnight on 4–5 August, Central European Time. Belgium severed diplomatic relations with Germany and Germany declared war on Belgium. German troops crossed the Belgian frontier and attacked Liège.
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The Battle of Tanga, sometimes also known as the Battle of the Bees, was the unsuccessful attack by the British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" under Major General A.E. Aitken to capture German East Africa (the mainland portion of present-day Tanzania) during the First World War in concert with the invasion Force "C" near Longido on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. It was the first major event of the war in Eastern Africa and saw the British defeated by a significantly smaller force of German Askaris and colonial volunteers under Lieutenant Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. Tanga, situated only 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the border of British East Africa (modern-day Kenya), was a busy port and the ocean terminal of the important Usambara Railway, which ran from Tanga to Neu Moshi at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. Tanga was initially to be bombarded by British warships, but this part of the plan was scrapped. An agreement was in place guaranteeing the neutrality of the capital Dar es Salaam and Tanga, but now the accord was modified and it seemed “only fair to warn the Germans that the deal was off.” Instead, the British resolve to capture German East Africa was to be implemented with an amphibious attack on Tanga. Unlike the plan on paper, however, the attack turned into a debacle. On 2 November 1914, the British protected cruiser HMS Fox arrived. The ship's commander, Captain Francis Wade Caulfeild, went ashore giving Tanga one hour to surrender and take down the imperial flag. Before departing, he demanded to know if the harbor was mined; it was not, but he was assured that it was. After three hours, the flag was still flying and Fox departed to bring in the Force "B" convoy of fourteen troop transports. This gave time for both the Schutztruppe and the citizens of Tanga to prepare for an attack. The German commander, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, rushed to Tanga. He reinforced the defences (initially only a single company of Askaris) with troops brought in by rail from Neu Moshi, eventually numbering about 1,000 in six companies. His second-in-command was former German East Africa Company lieutenant Tom von Prince. The Battle of Tanga タンガの戦い
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The Battle of Zanzibar was an encounter between the German Kaiserliche Marine and the British Royal Navy early in the First World War. While taking on coal in the delta of the Rufiji River in German East Africa, the German cruiser SMS Königsberg learned that a British cruiser, HMS Pegasus, which had been part of the Royal Navy's Cape Squadron sent to counter Königsberg, had put in at Zanzibar for repairs. Königsberg's captain, Commander Max Looff, decided to attack Pegasus while she was in port. On 20 September 1914 Königsberg sailed past the picket ship HMS Helmuth at the entrance to Zanzibar harbour. Helmuth was unable to warn Pegasus of Königsberg's approach,[why?] with the result that when Konigsberg opened fire she took Pegasus entirely by surprise. As a result, Pegasus suffered severe damage before she was even able to return fire. Königsberg's guns out-ranged those on Pegasus, which was consequently unable to damage her opponent. The one-sided battle ended in a German victory, Pegasus sank later that day, having lost 38 crew dead. Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, on 19 September 1914, Commander Max Looff of the light cruiser SMS Königsberg was coaling in the Rufiji Delta, when he learned from coast watchers that a British warship had entered Zanzibar harbour. Looff assumed the cruiser at Zanzibar was either HMS Astraea or HMS Pegasus and ordered an immediate attack. As Königsberg had been recently resupplied, she was prepared for battle. Königsberg left on the afternoon tide for her run to Zanzibar. The protected cruiser Pegasus, under the command of Captain John Ingles, had just left the company of HMS Astraea and Hyacinth for repairs at Zanzibar to her boilers and engines. Also at Zanzibar, the British had armed the captured German tug HMS Helmuth with a 3-pounder gun and posted her as a picket ship at the entrance of the harbor. Königsberg had been built in 1905 and was armed with ten 10.5 cm quick-firing guns, ten 5.2 cm anti-torpedo-boat pieces and two 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes. Pegasus—a Pelorus-class protected cruiser built in 1897—was armed with eight QF 4 inch guns, eight 3-pounders and two 18-inch torpedo tubes. Her complement consisted of 234 officers and men. At dawn on 20 September, Königsberg entered the southern end of the Zanzibar approaches and sailed past the picket ship Helmuth, firing a few warning shots as she passed. Helmuth could neither stop the Königsberg from entering the harbour nor even warn Pegasus of the German cruiser's approach.
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Jutland was a confused and bloody action involving 250 ships and around 100,000 men. Initial encounters between Beatty’s force and the High Seas Fleet resulted in the loss of several ships. The Germans damaged Beatty’s flagship, HMS Lion, and sank HMS Indefatigable and HMS Queen Mary, both of which blew up when German shells penetrated their ammunition magazines. Beatty withdrew until Jellicoe arrived with the main fleet. The Germans, now outgunned, turned for home. Although it failed to achieve the decisive victory each side hoped for, the battle confirmed British naval dominance and secured its control of shipping lanes, allowing Britain to implement the blockade that would contribute to German defeat in 1918. The British lost 14 ships and over 6,000 men, but were ready for action again the next day. The Germans, who had lost 11 ships and over 2,500 men, avoided complete destruction but never again seriously challenged British control of the North Sea.
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