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Maniema campaign
	Part of Congo Arab war ;
Date	October - Septermber 1892
Location	Lomami River
Result	Congo Free State victory
Belligerents
Congo Free State; Supported by:; Belgium	Sultanate of Utetera; Arab-Swahil
Commanders and leaders
Francis Dhanis;	Tippu Tip;
Units involved
Force Publique	Unknow
Strength
~10,000 men	~10,000 men
Casualties and losses
low	high

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Declined by DoubleGrazing 9 months ago. Last edited by Belgian-man-1918 5 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: In addition, "By October 1892, Sefu was leading a force of 10,000 men, some 500 Zanzibari officers and the remaining were Congolese" as the lead provides no context for readers unfamiliar with the topic. See Wikipedia:Writing better articles. Greenman (talk) 08:57, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Comment: Effectively unreferenced. Please see WP:OFFLINE for advice on referencing using offline sources, and WP:REFB on referencing in general. DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:37, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

The Maniema campaign was fought between October and November of 1892, the Force Publique army led by Francis Dhanis, consisted of a few dozen Belgian officers and several thousand African auxiliaries.^[2] November 1892, when Sefu set up a fort on the Lomami River, where the Force Publique attacked him and eventually was forced to retreat.^[2] Dhanis used this battle as a pretext for advancing against the Arabs in force.^[3] He allowed his army to travel with all of their wives, slaves, and servants, who did all of the army's cooking and cleaning and acted as a supply train.^[4] In addition, he did not allow his men to harm local non-combatants, earning him the goodwill of the local people.^[4]

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^ Osterhammel (2015), p. 441.
^ ^a ^b Cyclopedia, p. 190
^ Pakenham, p. 433
^ ^a ^b Edgerton, p. 100

[FOOTNOTEOsterhammel2015441-1] Osterhammel (2015), p. 441.

[Cyclopedia190-2] Cyclopedia, p. 190

[3] Pakenham, p. 433

[E100-4] Edgerton, p. 100

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-By October 1892, Sefu was leading a force of 10,000 men, some 500 Zanzibari officers and the remaining were Congolese.<ref name="Edgerton99">Edgerton, p. 99</ref> The [[Force Publique]] army led by Francis Dhanis, consisted of a few dozen Belgian officers and several thousand African auxiliaries.<ref name="Cyclopedia190">Cyclopedia, p. 190</ref> Open warfare broke out in late November 1892, when Sefu set up a fort on the [[Lomami River]], where the Force Publique attacked him and eventually was forced to retreat.<ref name="Cyclopedia190"/>  Dhanis used this battle as a pretext for advancing against the Arabs in force.<ref>Pakenham, p. 433</ref> He allowed his army to travel with all of their wives, slaves, and servants, who did all of the army's cooking and cleaning and acted as a supply train.<ref name="E100"/> In addition, he did not allow his men to harm local non-combatants, earning him the goodwill of the local people.<ref name="E100">Edgerton, p. 100</ref>
+The Maniema campaign was fought between October and November of 1892, the [[Force Publique]] army led by [[Francis Dhanis]], consisted of a few dozen Belgian officers and several thousand African auxiliaries.<ref name="Cyclopedia190">Cyclopedia, p. 190</ref>  November 1892, when Sefu set up a fort on the [[Lomami River]], where the Force Publique attacked him and eventually was forced to retreat.<ref name="Cyclopedia190"/>  Dhanis used this battle as a pretext for advancing against the Arabs in force.<ref>Pakenham, p. 433</ref> He allowed his army to travel with all of their wives, slaves, and servants, who did all of the army's cooking and cleaning and acted as a supply train.<ref name="E100"/> In addition, he did not allow his men to harm local non-combatants, earning him the goodwill of the local people.<ref name="E100">Edgerton, p. 100</ref>
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