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    The Fort de Shinkakasa, also called Fort Boma, was a fortification built in the Congo Free State to defend access to the Congo river in 1891. It is located...
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    1897. The third and final mutiny took place among the garrison of Fort de Shinkakasa near Boma in April 1900. The rebellion was one of the most important...
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    of Boma (phot. H. A. Shanu, 1898), Royal Museum for Central Africa Fort de Shinkakasa – fortification on the Congo River near Boma Church of Boma, which...
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  • San Felipe de Barajas (Muralla de Cartagena de Indias) Fort de Shinkakasa Brod Fortress Dubrovnik Glavaš – Dinarić Fortress Knin Fortress Fort Lovrijenac...
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    (Artillery and Engineers Company) manning Fort de Shinkakasa at the mouth of the Congo River in Boma. The fort contained eight 160mm guns manned by 200...
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  • Delwart spent a few days in hospital, then joined the battery of Fort de Shinkakasa. However, his illness had not been cured and on 25 September 1898...
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    was instrumental in the design of the Fort de Shinkakasa (built 1891–94) at Boma in the Congo Free State. The fort, based on those designed by Brialmont...
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  • Renaissance Monument Fort de Shinkakasa Tom Mboya Monument Larie (June 1, 2017). "Le rond-point Forescom portera le mémorial du soldat congolais de 1885 à nos jours"...
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    commanded by Johan Stöckel, who had worked on construction of the Fort de Shinkakasa. Stöckel's stories made him keen to serve in Africa, and he was engaged...
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  • promoted to captain of the Force Publique. He was assigned to the Fort de Shinkakasa, designed to protect the lower Congo, and completed the work on this...
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