Battle of Gurin

Battle of Gurin
Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I
Date29 April 1915
Location
Gurin, Nigeria
9°6′53.6″N 12°52′38.2″E / 9.114889°N 12.877278°E / 9.114889; 12.877278
Result British victory
Belligerents

 British Empire

 Germany

Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Cap. Derek Pawle [1]
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Lt. Joseph F. J. Fitzpatrick
Cap. von Crailsheim
Cap. Schipper
Strength
42[1] 350–400[2]
Casualties and losses
13[3] 45[4]

The Battle of Gurin took place on 29 April 1915 during the Kamerun campaign of World War I in Gurin, British Nigeria near the border with German Kamerun. The battle was one of the largest of the German forays into the British colony. It ended in a successful British repulsion of the German force.

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