| Battle of Kilimanjaro | |||||||
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| Part of the East African campaign of World War I | |||||||
 A mounted contingent of the German 8th Rifle Company, 1914[1] | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Major Georg Kraut |
 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.
- ^ 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.