Battle of Jabassi

Part of the Kamerun Campaign in World War I

Date	7 October 1914 – 14 October 1914
Location	Jabassi, German Kamerun
Result	Minor British victory

Belligerents

British Empire

British Nigeria

German Empire

German Kamerun

Commanders and leaders

General E. H. Gorges

Captain Haedicke

Casualties and losses

4 Europeans killed
10 captured

British Empire

German Empire

The Battle of Jabassi or Battle of Yabassi was a pair of assaults on German positions at Jabassi on the Wuri river during the Kamerun Campaign of World War I between German and British forces on 7 and 14 October 1914. The action resulted in British victory and their occupation of the station.

Allied landings at Douala and Victoria on 27 September, under the command of Major General C. M. Dobell, met little resistance. German forces who had been occupying the coast had withdrawn along the northern railway to Dschang, along the Wuri River to Jabassi, and along the midland railway to Edea. From these positions, the Allied commander feared the Germans could easily attack Douala. Due to heavy rains, roads to Dachang, Jabassi, and Edea were washed out and impassable; however, Dobell felt that high water in the Wuri River made a boat-borne assault on Jabassi feasible. Six companies of the West Africa Regiment, two from the 1st Nigerians, one from the Gold Coast Regiment, and about 100 Royal Navy sailors and marines were assigned to the task.

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