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| | (HIS,P) Atlas German Colonies, with Yearbook, edited by the German Colonial Society, 1918, The War in ... |
 | | In consideration of the superiority in numbers of the Union force, which at times numbered to 60,000 men, it always was capable of overtaking the small Schutztruppe detachments and to force their retreat. |
 | | The Schutztruppe, depending on the slow ox-carts, and with animals totally exhausted because of the lack of food concentrate, was powerless compared to such a mobility. |
 | | Active soldiers of Schutztruppe and police force were allowed to keep rifles, officers even rifles, ammunition and horses. |
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