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Battle of Tepe
Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I
Date25 August 1914
Location
Tepe, German Kamerun
Result British victory
Belligerents

Battle of Tepe British Empire

  • Nigeria British Nigeria

Battle of Tepe Germany

  • Battle of Tepe German Kamerun
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Col. MacLear German Empire O.Lt. Milbrat [1]
Units involved
Nigeria West African Frontier Force Battle of Tepe Schutztruppe
Strength
unknown unknown
Casualties and losses
2 officers[2] 5 officers[3]

The Battle of Tepe (or Tebe) on 25 August 1914 was the first skirmish between German and British forces during the Kamerun campaign in of the First World War. The conflict took place on the border between British Nigeria and German Kamerun, ending in British victory and German withdrawal from the station.

  1. ^ casualty list of the Schutztruppe in Cameroon 1914–1916 (german)
  2. ^ Hans Surén: Kampf um Kamerun. Berlin 1934, p. 61.
  3. ^ Reynolds et al. 1916, p. 62.

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