The Western Front Association (WFA) is dedicated to the study and commemoration of WW1 and their latest newsletter had an article on a conventional battle in the East African campaign, in March 1916. Following the e-trail their website has ten articles:http://www.westernfrontassociation.c...-theatres.html

The latest article had a phrase that appeared on SWC this week, referring to the US Army in WW1 & WW2:
..the hastily trained and poorly disciplined South African officers and men were on a steep military learning curve..