Qualla: Battle of Jassin https://qualla.com/battle-of-jassin en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:26 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/k/z/5/v/battle-of-jassin-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Jassin https://qualla.com/battle-of-jassin Battle of Jassin: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-jassin/ Photo credit General von Lettow-Vorbeck, Public domain. Colonel Raghbir Singh knew his garrison was exposed. Jassin, a small settlement on the German East African side of the border with British East Africa, sat within striking distance of Tanga to the south, and the four companies of Indian troops under his command numbered barely 300 men. On the morning of January 18, 1915, nine companies of German Schutztruppe materialized from the coastal bush to prove him right. What followed over two days was a battle that cost both sides dearly, ended with an act of old-world courtesy between enemies, and convinced the most resourceful German commander in Africa to abandon conventional warfare altogether.

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/z/5/v/battle-of-jassin-wp/kz5v-battle-of-jassin-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Jassin: A Border Too Thin to Hold https://qualla.com/battle-of-jassin/ Photo credit General von Lettow-Vorbeck, Public domain. The British had occupied Jassin to secure the frontier between their East African territory and the German colony. It was a defensive move, meant to shield the border after the humiliating British defeat at Tanga in November 1914, where a far larger British Indian force had been ...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/z/5/v/battle-of-jassin-wp/kz5v-battle-of-jassin-a-border-too-thin-to-hold.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Jassin: Two Days in the Coastal Heat https://qualla.com/battle-of-jassin/ Photo credit General von Lettow-Vorbeck, Public domain. Lettow-Vorbeck assembled nine companies for the assault, a force of Schutztruppe soldiers led by European officers alongside African askaris who knew the terrain intimately. The fighting began on January 18 and stretched into January 19, the attackers pressing through scrub and p...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/z/5/v/battle-of-jassin-wp/kz5v-battle-of-jassin-two-days-in-the-coastal-heat.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Jassin: An Enemy's Salute https://qualla.com/battle-of-jassin/ Photo credit General von Lettow-Vorbeck, Public domain. What happened next belongs to a kind of warfare that was already vanishing in the trenches of France and Belgium. Lettow-Vorbeck received British Captains Hanson and Turner after the surrender and congratulated them on the defense their men had mounted. He then released them on t...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/z/5/v/battle-of-jassin-wp/kz5v-battle-of-jassin-an-enemys-salute.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Jassin: The Victory That Changed Everything https://qualla.com/battle-of-jassin/ Photo credit General von Lettow-Vorbeck, Public domain. Lettow-Vorbeck won at Jassin, but the cost alarmed him. German losses in officers and ammunition were severe enough that he realized he could not afford many more such engagements. The East African theater had no supply line from Germany; every bullet spent was irreplaceable. Thi...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/z/5/v/battle-of-jassin-wp/kz5v-battle-of-jassin-the-victory-that-changed-everything.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Jassin: Echoes on the Coast https://qualla.com/battle-of-jassin/ Photo credit General von Lettow-Vorbeck, Public domain. Jassin today is a quiet place on the Tanzanian coast, not far from the Kenyan border. The tropical vegetation has long since reclaimed whatever earthworks and positions once marked the battlefield. Few visitors come here looking for traces of a World War I engagement, yet the bat...

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