Robert Justus Kleberg was a veteran of a 1836 battle led by what general?
Robert J. Kleberg Robert Justus Kleberg (September 10, 1803October 30, 1888), christened Johan Christian Justus Robert Kleberg, was a German Texan from Herstelle, Westphalia, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia. He was a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto and the brother of Louis Kleberg. He arrived in Texas in 1836 with his wife Philippine Sophie Rosalie "Rosa" von Roeder, who was a child of the at one-time aristocratic von Roeder family, which was allied with the wealthy and aristocratic Sack family of Nordrhein Westphalia. Robert and Rosa had eleven children, seven of whom lived to adulthood; Clara, Johanna, Caroline, Rudolph, Marcellus, and Robert, Jr.
Battle of Mlali The Battle of Mlali was fought during the East African Campaign of World War I. In mid-August 1916, the British General Jan Christiaan Smuts led three divisions from Kenya south into the Imperial German colony of Tanganykia in order to seize and disrupt their vital railway. The German Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck was informed by scouts of the movement and sent Captain Otto to investigate. The Germans were forced to withdraw from greater British numbers. Despite several skirmishes, the British never succeeded in drawing out the German forces against their superior numbers, though the Germans lost several important supply locations. It was considered a British victory over the Germans, though, since they held the field.