Forenfreunde,
Ist jemandem im Forum näheres zu dem Herrn Lohmeyer bekannt der in folgender Meldung in der englischen Presse (13. Oct. 1899) erwähnt wird? Irgendwelche Ideen wie und wo ich mehr zu Ihm erfahren könnte...? Er war offensichtlich Aufseher einer Produktionsstätte und wird, da er zusammen mit dem höchsten Verwalter der Region unterwegs war, eine wichtige Rolle in der Kolonie gespielt haben. Hier Teil der Geschichte. Den Rest der Story habe ich in der Fundgrube auf meinen Webseiten (unter Afrika).
GERMAN EXPEDITION MASSACRED
The Elder-Dempster steamer Niger arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning from South-West Africa, and reported the massacre of Lieutenant Queis [Quise], the German Governor of Rio del Rey, Herr Lohmeyer [Loomeyer], and about a hundred native soldiers and carriers.
According to the information which had come down the river, it seems that Lieutenant Queis and Herr Lohmeyer went up the Rio del Rey towards the Cross River to quell some disturbance which had broken out between natives in the Hinterland. The Governor was accompanied by about one hundred troops and carriers, the majority being carriers. The Cross River, whither the expedition went, is said to be the boundary of the German and British [English] territory. The German expedition took as a guide a chief from a village on the road. It is said that this chief proved treacherous, and led the expedition into an ambush, where it was fired on while crossing a bridge. The chief was promptly shot by the Germans, and then the natives made a determined attack on the white men. The Germans fought with great courage, but being outnumbered and getting little or no assistance from their carriers the whole party is said to have been massacred.
ENGLISHMEN'S ESCAPE
After their victory the natives attacked a neighbouring factory....
Ist jemandem im Forum näheres zu dem Herrn Lohmeyer bekannt der in folgender Meldung in der englischen Presse (13. Oct. 1899) erwähnt wird? Irgendwelche Ideen wie und wo ich mehr zu Ihm erfahren könnte...? Er war offensichtlich Aufseher einer Produktionsstätte und wird, da er zusammen mit dem höchsten Verwalter der Region unterwegs war, eine wichtige Rolle in der Kolonie gespielt haben. Hier Teil der Geschichte. Den Rest der Story habe ich in der Fundgrube auf meinen Webseiten (unter Afrika).
GERMAN EXPEDITION MASSACRED
The Elder-Dempster steamer Niger arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning from South-West Africa, and reported the massacre of Lieutenant Queis [Quise], the German Governor of Rio del Rey, Herr Lohmeyer [Loomeyer], and about a hundred native soldiers and carriers.
According to the information which had come down the river, it seems that Lieutenant Queis and Herr Lohmeyer went up the Rio del Rey towards the Cross River to quell some disturbance which had broken out between natives in the Hinterland. The Governor was accompanied by about one hundred troops and carriers, the majority being carriers. The Cross River, whither the expedition went, is said to be the boundary of the German and British [English] territory. The German expedition took as a guide a chief from a village on the road. It is said that this chief proved treacherous, and led the expedition into an ambush, where it was fired on while crossing a bridge. The chief was promptly shot by the Germans, and then the natives made a determined attack on the white men. The Germans fought with great courage, but being outnumbered and getting little or no assistance from their carriers the whole party is said to have been massacred.
ENGLISHMEN'S ESCAPE
After their victory the natives attacked a neighbouring factory....
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