Battle of Ngaundere

Battle of Ngaundere
Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I
Date29 June 1915
Location07°19.3′N 13°35.1′E / 7.3217°N 13.5850°E / 7.3217; 13.5850
Result Allied victory
Belligerents

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Empire

German Empire German Empire

Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Brigadier General Frederick Hugh Cunliffe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Lieutenant Colonel Webb-Bowen
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Captain Fowle
Unknown
Strength
200[1]
Casualties and losses
Light[2]

The Battle of Ngaundere or Battle of Ngaoundéré was a small engagement fought between German and British forces on 29 June 1915 during the Kamerun campaign of World War I. It resulted in a German defeat and British occupation of the town.

  1. ^ Baer, Casimir H. Der Völkerkrieg: Eine Chronik Der Ereignisse Seit Dem 1. Juli 1914. Vol. 9. J. Hoffman, 1916. Google Books. 22 June 2010. Web. 2 Jan. 2013, p. 286.
  2. ^ Wood et al. 1916, p. 1703.