Lugalo

Lugalo is a village in Tanzania near Iringa which in 1891 was the site of a battle between a German colonial military force and the Hehe army of Chief Mkwawa.[1] This was the first major defeat for the German Schutztruppe and the beginning of the Hehe wars.

Lugalo German Monument

A German monument marks the site next to the TANZAM-highway.[2]

See also

References
  1. Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 604. ISBN 9780313335389.
  2. Worsley, Peter (2008). An Academic Skating on Thin Ice. Berghahn Books. p. 64. ISBN 9781845453701.


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