Battle of Nsanakong

Battle of Nsanakong
Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I
Date 6 September 1914 Location Nsanakong, German Kamerun Result German victory
Belligerents
British Empire British Nigeria	German Empire German Kamerun
Commanders and leaders
Lieutenant Colonel C. T. Mair[1] Captain Milne-Howe[2]	Hauptmann Rausch Emil †
Strength
~200	800[2]
Casualties and losses
8 British officers[3] 160 Nigerians (95 dead, 16 wounded, 49 captured)[4]	113 (43 dead, 70 wounded)[5]

The Battle of Nsanakong or Battle of Nsanakang took place between defending British and attacking German forces during the Kamerun campaign of the First World War. The town of Nsanakong had been occupied by the British on 30 August 1914. On 6 September, German forces attacked, driving the British force over the border back into Nigeria.