Hermann Wissmann (1853–1905), German explorer and administrator in Africa
In 1889, Wissmann was promoted to Captain and appointed as Reichskommissar for the German East Africa region where he was tasked with suppression of the Abushiri Revolt led by Abushiri ibn Salim al-Harthi.
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It was captured at Liuli by the British in the first naval action of World War I.
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