| Battle of Tepe | |||||||
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| Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Col. MacLear |
 O.Lt. Milbrat †[1] | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 West African Frontier Force |
 Schutztruppe | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 officers[2] | 5 officers[3] | ||||||
The Battle of Tepe (or Tebe) on 25 August 1914 was the first skirmish between German and British forces during the Kamerun campaign in of the First World War. The conflict took place on the border between British Nigeria and German Kamerun, ending in British victory and German withdrawal from the station.
- ^ casualty list of the Schutztruppe in Cameroon 1914–1916 (german)
- ^ Hans Surén: Kampf um Kamerun. Berlin 1934, p. 61.
- ^ Reynolds et al. 1916, p. 62.