Battle of Gurin | |||||||
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Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Cap. Derek Pawle †[1] 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.