Topic summary
Sack of Meru
- Meru chiefdom
- Arusha Juu states
Captain Kurt Johannes
- Chief Matunda of the Meru
Supported by:- Waarusha forces
- 10,000 - Chagga auxiliaries (from Kilema, Siha, Uru, Machame, Kibosho, Marangu, Mwika, Usseri and Rombo)
- 95 - African troops of the 1st company
The Sack of Meru (31 October 1896 – 17 November 1896) was a series of punitive attacks by the Germans and Chagga States on the slopes of Mount Meru against the Meru and Warusha in retaliation for the deaths of two missionaries. For the Chagga, it was to save the cattle and Chagga women that the Arusha had taken hostage in past raids by the Warusha.