Battle of Chra
1914 CE.
Shown on the map at 7.171°, 1.159°.
The Affair of Khra [Chra] ("affair" a military engagement by a force less than a division) was fought by British and French troops against German Polizeitruppen(paramilitary police) in the village of Khra, near the Khra River on 22 August 1914, during the Togoland Campaign of the First World War. The German defenders mined the approaches to the river, blew the bridges and dug in around the village on the far bank, ready to defend the crossing with rifles and three concealed machine-guns. The British–French attack was repulsed and then a German counter-attack was ordered but many troops refused the order and the attack was not delivered. The Germans retired overnight to Kamina, due to apprehension that other British and French troops would cut off the German retreat and overestimation of the number of their opponents. The invaders paused for two days and resumed the advance on Kamina; they were met at Glei, on 25 August, by two Germans who offered terms of surrender. The British commander demanded unconditional surrender and the Germans accepted his terms the next day, ending hostilities. The colony was administered jointly for the duration of the war by the French and British.
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