Somaliland campaign
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The Somaliland campaign, also called the Anglo-Somali War or the Dervish rebellion, was a rebellion in the Horn of Africa, by the Dervish, a Somali movement led by Sayid Muhammed Abdullah Hassan, whic
Aerial photograph of the Dhulbahante garesa at Taleh, the capital of the Dervishes.
One of the forts of the Majeerteen Sultanate in Hafun
Cavalry and fort belonging to the Sultanate of Hobyo
British camel troopers in 1913, between Berbera and Odweyne in British Somaliland.
King's African Rifles
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The King's African Rifles was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces regiment raised from Britain's East African colonies in 1902. It primarily carried out internal security duties within these colonies
Somaliland campaign
…forced the British to organize a new campaign, and Colonel Swayne gathered a contingent of 2,300 men between Somali recruits and African regulars of the King's African Rifles, also equipped with cannons and machine guns; After some initial successes, on 6 October 1902 Swayne's force was ambushed by Dervishes while crossing…
KAR troops training in Kenya, c. 1944
Contingent of KAR at the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1902, photographed by John Benjamin Stone; the written notes indicate some are Sudanese
The original 3rd Bn KAR formed in 1902 in Kenya
King's African Rifles War Memorial, Zomba, Malawi