What the records say
- When
- 24 Aug 1914
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 11.65° S, 36.77° E
- Description
- 1914 World War I raid in Mozambique between German and Portuguese colonial troops
Maziua raid
Military colonial clash in Mozambique
The Maziua raid was an armed clash between German and Portuguese colonial troops in Mozambique on 24 August 1914 during World War I. Though the two countries were officially at peace, German soldiers carried out a cross-border raid into Portuguese Mozambique for unclear reasons, and destroyed the outpost of Maziua. The Portuguese soldiers killed in the raid were the first Portuguese casualties of World War I.
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