Battle of Kilimanjaro

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

A mounted contingent of the German 8th Rifle Company, 1914
DateNovember 3, 1914
Location
Longido District, Arusha, German East Africa
3°4′33″S 37°21′12″E / 3.07583°S 37.35333°E / -3.07583; 37.35333
Result German victory
Belligerents

 German Empire

 British Empire

Commanders and leaders
Major Georg Kraut Brigadier J. M. Stewart
Strength
686 ~1,500
Casualties and losses
109 312
Location within Tanzania
Battle of Kilimanjaro (Africa)

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.

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