Freebie version on digits.
https://archive.org/details/myreminiscenceso00lettuoft
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Freebie version on digits.
https://archive.org/details/myreminiscenceso00lettuoft
For those of you unfamiliar with the tale of the SMS Konigsberg, the Wiki page is actually a decent summation of how to extract enough salvage out of a defeat to keep your forces fighting for another day (or a few years, in von Lettow's case).
See also GERMAN GUNS OF WORLD WAR I IN SOUTH AFRICA http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol032dh.html