Battle of Kusseri | |||||||
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Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Colonel Largeau[1] | Lieutenant Siegfried Kallmeyer | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
250 1 gun | 37 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
23 1 gun[2] | 12[3] |
The Battle of Kusseri between German and French forces took place from late August to 25 September 1914 in Kusseri, northeastern Kamerun during the Kamerun campaign of World War I. The action resulted in the French capture of the Kusseri fort and the German garrison's retreat to Mora.