Kamerun

I think the very first version of this story was in a book from Germany, published in 1885 under the name Aus Kamerun.

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April 23 -- German Admiralty announces that the German high seas fleet has recently cruised repeated in the North Sea, advancing into English waters without meeting British ships; the British Official Gazette announces a blockade, beginning at midnight, of Kamerun, German West

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

June 19 -- French Minister of Colonies announces that on May 24, after heavy fighting, French colonial troops forced the Germans to capitulate at Monso, Kamerun, after taking position after position; the French captured many prisoners, including considerable numbers of white troops, and large amounts of stores; French troops continue an offensive movement toward Besam, southeast of Lomis.

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various

On Aug. 1, a year ago, German colonial possessions in Africa totaled over a million square miles, in four regions -- Togo, Kamerun, Southwest

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various

Germany has already suffered that fate, and incidentally the loss of all her colonies, except portions of German East Africa and Kamerun, both of which remnants are vigorously assailed and will soon be lost.

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various

April 21 -- German troops in Kamerun have been forced by allied forces to retreat from the plateau in the centre of the colony; seat of Government has been transferred to Jaúnde; allied troops have forced a passage across the Kele River; British troops have taken possession of the Ngwas

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

The British had made important gains in the German colonies in Africa and had conquered most of the Kamerun section there.

History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico William Allison Sweeney

College, where he was trained for his missionary work, a thin, worn, heroic man of tried steel, Alfred Saker, the great Kamerun missionary, and Grenfell leapt for joy to go out to the dangerous West Coast of

The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews

Or will you feel your way along the Congo in a tropical helmet, with six holes in the top of it, until you come out again at Kamerun or thereabouts?

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Various

There remain large areas in Kamerun and East Africa, but in both cases the coast line is in the possession of the Entente powers.

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various