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| Action at Lukigura River | |||||||
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| Part of East African Campaign | |||||||
 Officers of 2nd Kashmir Rifles with the German flag and machine gun captured. [1] | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| unknown |  Hadar Ali Khan [2] | ||||||
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| unknown |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 200 | 700 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 27 killed | 300 killed | ||||||
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