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    Lieutenant General Charles Tombeur, 1st Baron of Tabora (4 May 1867 – 2 December 1947) was a Belgian military officer and colonial civil servant. As well...
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    the command of General Charles Tombeur captured the town on 19 September 1916 after 10 days and nights of heavy fighting. Tabora and its people mainly...
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    African Schutztruppe soldiers operated in the area between Tabora, Mwanza, Kivu, and Ujiji. Tombeur's plan of a year previously, that of a number of converging...
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    The Battle of Tabora (French: Bataille de Tabora; 8–19 September 1916) was a military action which occurred around the town of Tabora in the north-west...
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    1916 the Belgian commander of the Force Publique, Lieutenant-General Charles Tombeur, had assembled an army of 15,000 men supported by local bearers and...
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  • Belgian Congo as a volunteer and participated in the Battle of Tabora under general Charles Tombeur in German East Africa. From 1938 to 1940, Raoul Van Overstraeten...
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    frontier of German Ruanda-Urundi and fought at the Battle of Tabora in 1916. Replacing Charles Tombeur as commander of the Force Publique on campaign in February...
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    Major General Lucien Van Hoof Lieutenant General Charles Baron Tombeur de Tabora Colonel Sir Hugué de Mahenge Governor of the Congo Pierre Ryckmans Lieutenant...
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    two brigades joined on 16 September along an arc to the northwest of Tabora. Tombeur was to lead the final attack, but on the night of 18-19 September the...
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  • handed over command in August 1916, General Charles Tombeur led the troops against the Germans at Tabora.Alexis Bertrand took responsibility as interim...
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