Battle of Gurin
| Battle of Gurin | |||||||
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| Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Cap. Derek Pawle † Lt. Joseph F. J. Fitzpatrick |
Cap. von Crailsheim Cap. Schipper | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 42 | 350–400 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 13 | 45 | ||||||
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The Battle of Gurin took place on 29 April 1915 during the Kamerun campaign of World War I in Gurin, British Nigeria near the border with German Kamerun. The battle was one of the largest of the German forays into the British colony. It ended in a successful British repulsion of the German force.