The
Togoland Campaign (9–26 August 1914) was a
French and
British invasion of the
German colony of
Togoland in west Africa, during the
West African Campaign of the
First World War. German colonial forces withdrew from the capital Lomé and the coastal province and then fought delaying actions on the route north to Kamina, where a new wireless station linked Berlin to Togoland, the Atlantic and South America. The main British and French force from the neighbouring colonies of
Gold Coast and
Dahomey, advanced from the coast up the road and railway, as smaller forces converged on Kamina from the north. The German defenders were able to delay the invaders for several days at the battles of Agbeluvhoe and Chra but surrendered the colony on 26 August 1914. In 1916, Togoland was partitioned by the victors and in July 1922,
British Togoland and
French Togoland were established as
League of Nations mandates.