Qualla: Battle of Banjo https://qualla.com/battle-of-banjo en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:29 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Banjo https://qualla.com/battle-of-banjo Battle of Banjo: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-banjo/ The German garrison atop Banjo mountain had prepared for a siege that might last months. They had dug in among the boulders on the steep slopes, fortified the relatively flat summit, and -- in a detail that speaks to their expectations -- cultivated the mountaintop for growing food. Captain Adolf Schipper commanded 23 European officers and approximately 200 Askari soldiers, and he had every reason to believe his position was defensible. Mora and Garua, two other German strongholds in Kamerun, had already endured prolonged sieges against Allied forces. But on the night of November 5, 1915, a thunderstorm rolled across the highlands of what is now western Cameroon, and the British came up the mountain under cover of its violence.

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/3/0/q/battle-of-banjo-wp/s30q-battle-of-banjo-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Banjo: A Forgotten Front in a World War https://qualla.com/battle-of-banjo/ The Kamerun campaign was one of the First World War's least-remembered theaters. When war broke out in the summer of 1914, British forces from neighboring Nigeria attacked the German colony's northern forts, beginning with an assault on Garua that ended in embarrassing defeat. Th...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/3/0/q/battle-of-banjo-wp/s30q-battle-of-banjo-a-forgotten-front-in-a-world-war.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Banjo: The Mountain Fortress https://qualla.com/battle-of-banjo/ Banjo -- also known as Banyo -- sat near the Nigerian border and was the last German stronghold between Cunliffe's forces and the colonial capital at Jaunde, modern-day Yaoundé. The fort occupied a mountaintop with steep slopes on all sides, its approaches studded with boulders t...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/3/0/q/battle-of-banjo-wp/s30q-battle-of-banjo-the-mountain-fortress.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Banjo: Fog, Thunder, and the Final Assault https://qualla.com/battle-of-banjo/ Dense fog gave the British their opening. On November 4, Cunliffe's troops began their approach up the mountain under cover so thick that the German sentries could not see them coming. The initial fighting was fierce. A British officer named Bowyer-Smijth was killed near the summ...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/3/0/q/battle-of-banjo-wp/s30q-battle-of-banjo-fog-thunder-and-the-final-assault.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Banjo: The Road to Yaoundé https://qualla.com/battle-of-banjo/ The fall of Banjo broke the last barrier to a British advance through northern Kamerun. Without Schipper's garrison blocking the route south, Cunliffe could now push toward Jaunde, where the German colonial administration was headquartered. The broader Kamerun campaign would cont...

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