Kamerun

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1914

August

23
- General Dobell to command the Kamerun expeditionOn 23 August 1914 General Charles Dobell was appointed commander of the Allied land forces against German Kamerun.
25
- British cross the Kamerun border from NigeriaOn 25 August 1914 British columns from Nigeria crossed the border of German Kamerun. The land campaign against the German colony had begun.
- Skirmish at Tepe. The French enter Kamerun from ChadOn 25 August 1914 the British drove the Germans from the post at Tepe on the Benue, and French troops from Chad attacked the German fort at Kousséri.
27
- First attack on MoraOn 27 August 1914 a British force from Nigeria attacked the German post on Mora mountain in northern Kamerun. It was repulsed; Mora held out until 1916.
30
- First attack on GaruaOn the night of 29–30 August 1914 British troops from Nigeria attacked the German forts at Garua in Kamerun. The attack was repulsed and its commander killed.

September

October

1915

January

05
- German attack on EdéaOn 5 January 1915 the Germans attacked Edéa and Kopongo in Kamerun to push the Allies back from Yaoundé. Colonel Mayer's French garrison repulsed both attacks.

February

16
- French take OyemOn 16 February 1915 a French column from Gabon took Oyem, abandoned by the Germans. The town lay in New Cameroon, ceded to Germany by France in 1911.

April

May

31
- Siege of Garua beginsOn 31 May 1915 British and French troops began bombarding the German fortress of Garua in Kamerun. Heavy guns quickly silenced its artillery.

June

September

October

08
- Germans take the Gauala ridgeOn the night of 8/9 October 1915 the besieged Mora mountain garrison took the Gauala ridge, from which the Allies had shelled German positions for a year.

November

1916

January

01
- Allies take YaoundéOn 1 January 1916 Col. Gorges's British column entered Yaoundé unopposed. The Germans had left the day before and were falling back south, towards Muni.

February

March

03
- Provisional partition of KamerunIn early March 1916 London and Paris agreed a provisional partition of conquered Kamerun. The Picot line gave France almost the whole colony, including Duala.