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Naval operations of the Kamerun Campaign : ウィキペディア英語版 | Naval operations of the Kamerun Campaign
The Naval operations of the Kamerun Campaign were carried out by German and Allied forces during the Kamerun Campaign of the First World War from August to September 1914. Naval activity occurred all along the coast of German Kamerun in the Bight of Bonny but most of the action took place in the Wouri estuary. The main event of the campaign were the successful British and French amphibious landings at Duala. The operations carried out by British and French naval forces concluded in securing control over the German colony's entire coastline and the destruction of any German naval vessels that were capable of offering resistance. Allied occupation of the coastline forced the Germans to retreat into the interior of Kamerun where they would meet their defeat in 1916. ==Early Allied movements== On 24 August 1914, the French gunboat ''Surprise'' bombarded the coast of Kamerun. Later, the French armored cruiser ''Bruix'', based in Libreville shelled and severely damaged the coastal towns of Kampo and Kribi further to the south.〔"Verteidigung Ukokos"〕 The original British plan had been to land a force at Victoria and move to Duala from there. British vessels were sent to the Bight of Bonny in preparation for these landings, including the armoured cruiser ''Cumberland''. On the way to Kamerun's coast, the ''Cumberland'' made port in Lagos, Nigeria to allow the exiled King of Duala aboard along with other officials of the tribe who wished to take part in the landings. The king's uncle was hung for treason by the Germans on 8 August.〔Cato 1919, p. 61.〕 On the 4th of September, naval vessels had anchored themselves in Ambas Bay, just off Victoria.〔Strachan 2001, p. 522.〕 However, heavy rains rendered waterways the Allies had planned to use impassable. The landing force then congregated at the Wouri estuary where the Germans had been given time to prepare their marine defenses.
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