Battle of Nsanakong

Battle of Nsanakong
	Part of the Kamerun campaign in World War I
Date	6 September 1914
Location	Nsanakong, German Kamerun
Result	German victory
Belligerents
British Empire British Nigeria;	German Empire German Kamerun;
Commanders and leaders
Lieutenant Colonel C. T. Mair ; Captain Milne-Howe	Hauptmann Rausch Emil †
Strength
~200	800
Casualties and losses
8 British officers; 160 Nigerians (95 dead, 16 wounded, 49 captured)	113 (43 dead, 70 wounded)

The Battle of Nsanakong or Battle of Nsanakang took place between defending British and attacking German forces during the Kamerun campaign of the First World War. The town of Nsanakong had been occupied by the British on 30 August 1914. On 6 September, German forces attacked, driving the British force over the border back into Nigeria.