Battle of Lai

Battle of Laï
Part of the Kamerun Campaign in World War I
Date21 August 1914
LocationSouthern Chad
Coordinates: 9°24′N 16°18′E / 9.400°N 16.300°E / 9.400; 16.300
Result German victory
Belligerents

France France

German Empire Germany

Commanders and leaders
France Captain Jeanjean German Empire Captain Von Duhring
Casualties and losses
1 lieutenant and 13 soldiers Killed 11 Killed

The Battle of Laï began on 21 August 1914 in Chad, during the First World War at the village of Laï, capital of the district of Logone, on the Logone River in the south.

A German column from Kamerun, led by Captain Von Duhring, attacked the village of Laï, defended by Captain Jeanjean. After a bitter fight, the French were driven out and the village was occupied by the Germans until 1 September 1914.

Sources

  • Malval, J.; Tubiana, M. J. (1974). Essai de chronologie tchadienne, 1707–1940 (in French). Paris: Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique. ISBN 2-22201-625-8. 
  • Moberly, F. J. (1931). Military Operations Togoland and the Cameroons 1914–1916. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence (Battery Press 1995 ed.). London: HMSO. ISBN 0-89839-235-7. 

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