Battle of Gurin

Battle of Gurin
	Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I
Date	29 April 1915
Location	Gurin, Nigeria9°6′53.6″N 12°52′38.2″E
Result	British victory
Belligerents
British Empire British Nigeria;	Germany German Kamerun;
Commanders and leaders
Cap. Derek Pawle †; Lt. Joseph F. J. Fitzpatrick	Cap. von Crailsheim; Cap. Schipper
Strength
42	350–400
Casualties and losses
13	45

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.

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