Battle of Namacurra

Battle of Namacurra
Part of East African Campaign (World War I)
Date1 July – 3 July 1918
Location
Result German victory
Belligerents
 Portugal
 British Empire
 Germany
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Eric Gore-Browne  German Empire Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
German Empire Erich Müller
Units involved
3 Portuguese battalions
2 British rifleman companies
3 German companies
Casualties and losses
209 dead
540 captured
Unknown

The Battle of Namacurra was fought during World War I in Portuguese Mozambique between the First Portuguese Republic and their British allies against the German Empire. It took place on July 1–3, 1918, at the Namacurra River near Namacurra. It was the deadliest engagement of German general Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's campaign into Mozambique, and 209 of the British and Portuguese died.