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First Battle of Jaunde

Coordinates: 03°52′N 11°31′E / 3.867°N 11.517°E / 3.867; 11.517
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First Battle of Jaunde
Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I
Date1 May – late June 1915
Location
Area around Jaunde, German Kamerun
Result German victory
Belligerents

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Empire

French Third Republic France

  • French Third Republic French Equatorial Africa

German Empire Germany

The First Battle of Jaunde involved the attempted British and French assault on the German capital of Jaunde during the Kamerun campaign of the First World War. Due to a lack of coordination, difficult terrain, adverse weather conditions, and stiff German resistance, the attack was forced to retreat in late June 1915. Another assault on the capital would not be conducted until later that year.

References

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  • Burg, David F., and L. Edward. Purcell. Almanac of World War I. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky, 1998.
  • Dane, Edmund. British Campaigns in Africa and the Pacific, 1914-1918,. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919.
  • O'Neill, Herbert C. The War in Africa and the Far East. London: London Longmans Green, 1918.
  • Strachan, Hew. The First World War. Vol. I: To Arms. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

03°52′N 11°31′E / 3.867°N 11.517°E / 3.867; 11.517