Battle of Tepe
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| Battle of Tepe | |||||||
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| Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Col. MacLear |
 Lt. Milbrat †[1] | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 West African Frontier Force |
 Schutztruppe | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 officers[2] | 5 officers[3] | ||||||
The Battle of Tepe (or Tebe) on 25 August 1914 was the first skirmish between German and British forces during the Kamerun campaign in of the First World War. The conflict took place on the border between British Nigeria and German Kamerun, ending in British victory and German withdrawal from the station.
On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on the German Empire at the beginning of the First World War. On 8 August, a mounted detachment from the West African Frontier Force embarked from Kano in northern British Nigeria towards the German colony of Kamerun.[4] These first British forces crossed the border into German territory on 25 August.