Battle of Trekkopjes

Battle of Trekkopjes
Part of South West Africa Campaign
Trekkopjes Battle of Trekkopjes (Namibia)
Date 26 April 1915 Location Trekkopjes, German Southwest Africa Result South African victory
Belligerents
Germany German Southwest Africa	South Africa
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Hermann Ritter	Col. P. C. B. Skinner
Strength
700–1,500 2 field guns	1,350 9 armoured cars
Casualties and losses
14 killed 14 wounded 13 captured[1]	8 killed 34 wounded[1]

The Battle of Trekkopjes on 26 April 1915^[2] was a German assault on the South African held railway station of Trekkopjes during the South West Africa Campaign of World War I. The South African Major Skinner had been ordered to defend Trekkopjes, and came into contact with a German column advancing on the station. Skinner withdrew back into Trekkopjes and dug in his forces. The German attack was repulsed with the help of armoured cars, leaving the South Africans victorious. The Battle of Trekkopjes saw the last German offensive in German South West Africa leaving them on the defensive for the remainder of the campaign.