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Battle of Nsanakong
Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I
Date6 September 1914
Location
Nsanakong, German Kamerun
Result German victory
Belligerents

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Empire

  • British Nigeria

German Empire German Empire

  • Battle of Nsanakong German Kamerun
Commanders and leaders

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Lieutenant Colonel C. T. Mair[1]


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Captain Milne-Howe[2]
Battle of Nsanakong Hauptmann Rausch Emil 
Strength
~200 800[2]
Casualties and losses
8 British officers[3]
160 Nigerians (95 dead, 16 wounded, 49 captured)[4]
113 (43 dead, 70 wounded)[5]

The Battle of Nsanakong or Battle of Nsanakang took place between defending British and attacking German forces during the Kamerun campaign of the First World War. The town of Nsanakong had been occupied by the British on 30 August 1914. On 6 September, German forces attacked, driving the British force over the border back into Nigeria.

  1. ^ O'Neill 1918, p. 46.
  2. ^ a b Hilditch 1915, p. 20.
  3. ^ Strachan 2001, p. 522.
  4. ^ Hilditch, 21
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference DRG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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