Sack of Meru

The Sacking of Meru
	Part of the German Empire's conquest of East Africa
Date	31 October 1896-17 November 1896
Location	Meru
Result	German and Chagga victory
Belligerents
German Empire German East Africa; Chagga States; ;	Meru chiefdom; Arusha Juu states;
Commanders and leaders
Captain. Kurt Johannes;	Chief Matunda of the Meru ; Supported by: ; Waarusha forces; ;
Strength
	10,000 - Chagga auxiliaries (from Kilema, Siha, Uru, Machame, Kibosho, Marangu, Mwika, Usseri and Rombo); 95 - African troops of the 1st company;
Casualties and losses
	~500

The Sack of Meru, (31 October 1896 – 17 November 1896 ) was a series of punitive attacks by the Germans on the slopes of Mount Meru against the Meru and Warusha in retaliation for the deaths of two missionaries.^[2] For the Chagga, it was to save the cattle and Chagga women that the Arusha had taken hostage in the past raids by the Warusha.^[3]^[4]

^ Iliffe, John (1979). A Modern History of Tanganyika. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780511584114.
^ Dundas, Charles. Kilimanjaro and Its People: A History of Wachagga, their Laws, Customs and Legends, Together with Some. Routledge, 2012.
^ Ekemode, Gabriel Ogunniyi. German rule in north-east Tanzania, 1885-1914. University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (United Kingdom), 1973.
^ Iliffe, John (1979). A Modern History of Tanganyika. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780511584114.

[1] Iliffe, John (1979). A Modern History of Tanganyika. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780511584114.

[2] Dundas, Charles. Kilimanjaro and Its People: A History of Wachagga, their Laws, Customs and Legends, Together with Some. Routledge, 2012.

[3] Ekemode, Gabriel Ogunniyi. German rule in north-east Tanzania, 1885-1914. University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (United Kingdom), 1973.

[4] Iliffe, John (1979). A Modern History of Tanganyika. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780511584114.

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