<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" id="mwfQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War I">World War I</a>: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tabora" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Tabora">capture the town of Tabora</a> after heavy fighting.