Transcriber’s Note This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Errors, when reasonably attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details. Corrections made to the text are summarized there. Full page illustrations are interpolated in mid-paragraph. To avoid this, their placeholders ([Illustration: <caption>]) been moved to the closest sensible paragraph break. [Illustration: H. Walker Barnett & Co. LIEUT.-COL. R. A. DE B. ROSE, C.M.G., D.S.O. Commanding the Gold Coast Regiment. Frontispiece. ] THE GOLD COAST REGIMENT IN THE EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN BY SIR HUGH CLIFFORD, K.C.M.G. LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1920 _All rights reserved_ TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL R. A. DE B. ROSE, C.M.G., D.S.O., AND TO THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE GOLD COAST REGIMENT OF THE WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED IN ADMIRATION OF THEIR COURAGE, THEIR STEADFASTNESS AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, IN SYMPATHY WITH THEIR HEAVY LOSSES, AND IN GRATITUDE FOR THE LUSTRE WHICH THEY SHED UPON THE COLONY WHOSE NAME THEY BEAR BY THEIR SOMETIME GOVERNOR AND TITULAR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF =HUGH CLIFFORD.= CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE VOYAGE TO AND ARRIVAL IN EAST AFRICA 1 II. THE ADVANCE ON THE DAR-ES-SALAAM—LAKE TANGANYIKA 10 RAILWAY III. THE PASSAGE INTO THE ULUGURU MOUNTAINS—THE BATTLES AT 25 KIKIRUNGA HILL AND AT NKESSA IV. IN THE KILWA AREA—GOLD COAST HILL 43 V. IN THE KILWA AREA—IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY OF THE LOWER 61 RUFIJI VI. IN THE KILWA AREA—MNASI AND RUMBO 78 VII. IN THE KILWA AREA—NARUNGOMBE 93 VIII. THE HALT AT NARUNGOMBE 107 IX. THE ADVANCES TO MBOMBOMYA AND BEKA 119 X. NAHUNGU AND MITONENO 134