Battle of Banjo

Battle of Banjo
	Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I
Date	4–6 November 1915
Location	Banjo, Kamerun
Result	British victory
Belligerents
British Empire British Nigeria;	German Empire German Kamerun;
Commanders and leaders
Brigadier General Frederick Hugh Cunliffe Captain Bowyer-Smijth †	Captain Adolf Schipper †
Strength
	23 Europeans; 200 Africans
Casualties and losses
50	3 Europeans; 25 Africans

During the Battle of Banjo or Battle of Banyo, British forces besieged German forces entrenched on the Banjo mountain from 4 to 6 November 1915 during the Kamerun campaign of the First World War. By 6 November much of the German force had deserted, while the rest surrendered. The battle resulted in victory for the Allies and breakdown of German resistance in northern Kamerun.