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Originally Posted by Catfish
What purpose did this "shelling of houses" serve? Zanzibar and the islands were already in "british" hands in 1916. I thought the sinking of the Pegasus had been the last action of german naval resistance in the region. Or were there still german soldiers on those islands?
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The German army was still operating in the area. Zanzibar and Mafia Island were held by the British, but a large part of the shoreline was not. I'm not sure of the exact purpose of this attack, having no reference to command decisions in the area. What I do have are the ships' logs, describing their actions, and not all of them agree with each other as to specifics, and sometimes one log or another will not even mention being there, even though another ship mentions them. It is definitely confusing sometimes.