Second Battle of Edea | |||||||
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Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Colonel Mayer | Major Carl Zimmermann | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,000[1] | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
4 killed, 11 wounded[2] |
74[3]–111 killed 102 wounded[4] |
The Second Battle of Edea was the German counter-attack against French forces stationed in the village of Edea during the Kamerun campaign of the First World War. Allied forces from Duala occupied the town following the First Battle of Edea in October 1914. The Germans, eager to retake the position attacked on 5 January 1915 but were repulsed by the French force.