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1907 (Jul 23) Plain stampless envelope endorsed Feldpostbrief to Duisburg & forwarded to Gelsenkirchen cancelled Kanus /Deutsch Sudwest Afrika date stamp & with on reverse Gelsenkirchen (26 Aug) arrival cds…………. These wars commenced 12 Jan 1904 the result of disgruntlement among the indigenous tribes people & Samuel Maharero the chief of the Hottentot tribe killling 123 German soldiers & settlers near Okahandjar & initially with Germany only having 766 troops the upper hand was with the tribesmen until Germany drafted in 14,000 additional troops under General Von Trotha who was completely & utterly ruthless & had by Mar 1908 virtually destroyed the indigenous tribes people.