Battle of Kilimanjaro
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.
| Battle of Kilimanjaro | |||||||
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| Part of the East African Campaign of World War I | |||||||
A mounted contingent of the German colonial volunteer 8th Rifle Company, 1914 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Major Georg Kraut | Brigadier J. M. Stewart | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 686 | ~1,500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 109 | 312 | ||||||
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