Global InformationBattle of Namacurra information
| Battle of Namacurra | |||||||
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| Part of East African Campaign (World War I) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Portugal Britain |
 Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Eric Gore-Browne † |
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck Erich Müller | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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3 Portuguese battalions 2 British rifleman companies | 3 German companies | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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209 dead 540 captured | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Namacurra was fought during World War I in Portuguese Mozambique between the First Portuguese Republic and their British allies against the German Empire. It took place on July 1–3, 1918, at the Namacurra River near Namacurra. It was the deadliest engagement of German general Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's campaign into Mozambique, and 209 of the British and Portuguese died.