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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or "PAUL VON LETTOW-VORBECK (1870-), German general, was born March 20 1870 at Saarlouis. He took part in the China expedition in 1900, and fought in 1904 in the operations for the suppression of the German South-West African insurrection. In 1911 he was appointed commander of the colonial troops in Cameroon, and in 1913 to the corresponding command in German East Africa. There he conducted a four years' struggle against the British forces, extorting general admiration by the remarkable way in which he contrived to move his men and to elude his adversary through tropical jungles and regions which had only been partially explored. The remainder of his force finally withdrew into Portuguese East Africa. In 1919 he returned to Germany, and was made leader of the corps which bore his name in the organization of the Republican army ( Reichswehr ) before the disarmament clauses of the Treaty of Versailles were fully enforced. He was active in suppressing Communist risings in Hamburg, and finally left the service in March 1920. He published in 1919 Meine Erinnerungen aus Deutsch-Ostafrika.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/paul-von-lettow-vorbeck.html. 1910.
