Portuguese Empire Portuguese personnel established logging infrastructure in an area now referred to as the "Portuguese Fireplace". Throughout 1917 Portugal dispatched contingents of troops to the Allied front in France. Midway in the year, Portugal suffered its first World War I casualty. In Portuguese Africa, Portugal and the British fought numerous battles against the Germans in both Mozambique and Angola. Later in the year, U-boats entered Portuguese waters again and once more attacked Madeira, sinking multiple Portuguese ships. Through the beginning of 1918, Portugal continued to fight along the Allied front against Germany, including participation in the infamous Battle of La Lys.
Portuguese colonial exhibition and Príncipe, and Timor (Portuguese Timor). There were reproductions of villages from different colonies and of the Padrãos of Dighton and Yellala, along with a zoo, restaurants a theatre, a cinema which showed "'The Dawn Patrol" and an amusement park. It ran from 16 June to 30 Septemberand by the time it had closed there had been 1.5 million visitors. 'Portugal is Not a Small Country' map used to show how big Portuguese colonies were Portuguese colonial exhibition The Portuguese colonial exhibition was a world's fair held in Porto, Portugal in 1934 to display achievements of Portugal's colonies in Africa