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Battle of Kilimanjaro
Part of the East African Campaign of World War I

A mounted contingent of the German colonial volunteer 8th Rifle Company, 1914[1]
DateNovember 3, 1914
Location
Longido District, Arusha, German East Africa
Result German victory
Belligerents

Battle of Kilimanjaro German Empire

  • Battle of Kilimanjaro German East Africa

Battle of Kilimanjaro British Empire

  • Battle of Kilimanjaro India
Commanders and leaders
Battle of Kilimanjaro Major Georg Kraut British Empire Brigadier J. M. Stewart
Strength
686 ~1,500
Casualties and losses
109 312

The Battle of Kilimanjaro at Longido took place in German East Africa in November 1914 and was an early skirmish during the East African Campaign of the First World War.

  1. ^ the description of this Bundesarchiv image identifies those pictured as "planters from the Kilimanjaro region." In all probability these volunteer troopers were members of the mounted 8th Schützenkompagnie [rifle company] composed of settlers, their sons, plantation administrators, etc., from the Usambara and Kilimanjaro area of German East Africa.

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