During the same night we fought the Walulanga who were following us to ambush us from behind in a narrow path along the mountains. We had all intended to ambush them by surprise. The Vahonga were defeated and they ran away to collect many other colleagues of theirs and came back to fight us. ...1 - Mwendugosi Mwalupembe, a man from Uhehe With these words, Mwendugosi Mwalupembe described how he fought on the German side against fellow Africans during this, the most significant challenge to German colonial power in eastern Africa.