German Empire 1915 1916 1917 1918 The Battle of Behobeho was fought during the East African Campaign of World War I.

After capturing the coastal capital of German East Africa, Dar es Salaam in September 1916, General Jan Smuts ordered his army's advance to halt due to a malaria pandemic that had devastated the soldiers.

Shortly after the new year, the 25th Frontiersmen Battalion, led by famous hunter and explorer, Captain Frederick Selous, advanced into the interior of the colony,[1] up the Rufiji River.

On the 3rd January a unit of British scouts ahead of the main battalion reported that a column of German soldiers was moving down the road.

A German marksman reportedly killed Captain Frederick Selous during the battle when he raised his head while using binoculars to locate the enemy.