Battle of Namacurra

Battle of Namacurra
Part of East African Campaign (World War I)
Date 1 July – 3 July 1918 Location Portuguese Mozambique Result German victory
Belligerents
Portugal  Britain	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Eric Gore-Browne †	Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck Erich Müller
Units involved
3 Portuguese battalions 2 British rifleman companies	3 German companies
Casualties and losses
209 dead 540 captured	Unknown

The Battle of Namacurra was fought during World War I in Portuguese Mozambique between the First Portuguese Republic and their British allies against the German Empire. It took place on July 1–3, 1918, at the Namacurra River near Namacurra. It was the deadliest engagement of German general Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's campaign into Mozambique, and 209 of the British and Portuguese died.