NAULILA - Erinnerungen eines Zeitgenossen

Of a total of only 1000 copies printed, 100 were issued in full leather, numbered and signed. This is copy 23, signed by Unteroffizier H. Pleitz. 

Herausgeber: Gesellschaft fur Wissenschaftliche Entwicklung und Museum Swakopmund. 118 pages. Folding map at rear. The leather covers show some small marks to the front and some light edgewear to the top corners. A copy in good condition.

Naulila was the scene of fighting between Portuguese Angola and German South West Africa during the early stages of World War I. On 19 October 1914, a German military column crossed the border and entered Angola without authorisation from the Portuguese authorities in the Naulila Incident. The column was intercepted by Portuguese forces and conducted to Fort Naulila. At Naulila, a dispute occurred between the Portuguese and the Germans which resulted in the death of three German officers. The Germans later returned on 18 December and attacked Naulila, forcing the Portuguese to retreat.