The outbreak of World War I in Europe led to a conflict in Kamerun, a German colony in Africa, as the Allies sought to regain the territory ceded to Germany.
French and British forces launched expeditions into Kamerun, with the French approaching from the east and the British from the north, center, and south.
The initial engagements resulted in German withdrawals and victories, but the British forces faced challenges in capturing key German strongholds.
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At the outbreak of war in Europe in early August 1914, the German colonial administration in Kamerun attempted to offer neutrality with Britain and France in accordance with Articles 10 and 11 of the Berlin Act of 1885. However this was hastily rejected by the Allies. The French were eager to regain the land ceded to Germany in the Treaty of Fez in 1911. The first Allied expeditions into the colony on 6 August 1914 were from the east conducted by French troops from French Equatorial Africa under General Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich. This region was mostly marshland, undeveloped, and was initially not heavily contested by Germans.
By 25 August 1914, British forces in present-day Nigeria had moved into Kamerun from three different points. They pushed into the colony towards Mara in the far north, towards Garua in the centre, and towards Nsanakang in the south. British forces moving towards Garua under the command of Colonel MacLear were ordered to push to the German border post at Tepe near Garua. The first engagement between British and German troops in the campaign took place at the Battle of Tepe, eventually resulting in German withdrawal.
In the far north British forces attempted to take the German fort at Mora but initially failed. This resulted in a long siege of German positions which would last until the end of the campaign.British forces in the south attacking Nsanakang were defeated and almost completely destroyed by German counter-attacks at the Battle of Nsanakong. MacLear then pushed his forces further inland towards the German stronghold of Garua but was repulsed in the First Battle of Garua on 31 August.
以下のとおりお答えします。植民地の争奪をめぐって、フランス軍や英国軍とドイツ軍との間の野戦について述べています。
＞At the outbreak of war in Europe in early August 1914, the German colonial administration in Kamerun attempted to offer neutrality with Britain and France in accordance with Articles 10 and 11 of the Berlin Act of 1885. However this was hastily rejected by the Allies. The French were eager to regain the land ceded to Germany in the Treaty of Fez in 1911. The first Allied expeditions into the colony on 6 August 1914 were from the east conducted by French troops from French Equatorial Africa under General Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich. This region was mostly marshland, undeveloped, and was initially not heavily contested by Germans.
⇒1914年8月初め、ヨーロッパでの戦争突発の時に、カメルーンのドイツ植民地管理部によって、1885年の「ベルリン法」第10,11条項に従って英国とフランスに対する中立（の立場）を提供する試みがなされた。しかし、これは連合国により急遽拒絶された。フランス軍は、1911年に「フェズの条約」でドイツに譲渡した土地を取り戻したがっていた。1914年8月6日、連合軍の最初の植民地遠征は、ジョセフ・ゴドリク・エメリシュ将軍指揮下に、仏領赤道アフリカを発ったフランス軍によって東側から遂行された。この領域はほとんどが未開発の湿地帯なので、当初ドイツ軍は激しく競うことはなかった。
＞By 25 August 1914, British forces in present-day Nigeria had moved into Kamerun from three different points. They pushed into the colony towards Mara in the far north, towards Garua in the centre, and towards Nsanakang in the south. British forces moving towards Garua under the command of Colonel MacLear were ordered to push to the German border post at Tepe near Garua. The first engagement between British and German troops in the campaign took place at the Battle of Tepe, eventually resulting in German withdrawal.
⇒1914年8月25日までに、現代のナイジェリアの英国軍は、3つの異なる地点からカメルーンに入り込んだ。彼らはそれぞれ、遠い北部にあるマーラ、中央部のガルア、および南部のンサナカンに向かって植民地に突き進んだ。マクリア大佐の指揮下ガルアに接近していた英国軍は、ガルア近くのテペでドイツ軍の境界基地へ押し入るよう命じられた。その英国軍とドイツ軍の間の野戦における最初の会戦は「テペの戦い」で起こったが、結局、ドイツ軍が撤退する結果となった。
＞In the far north British forces attempted to take the German fort at Mora but initially failed. This resulted in a long siege of German positions which would last until the end of the campaign.British forces in the south attacking Nsanakang were defeated and almost completely destroyed by German counter-attacks at the Battle of Nsanakong. MacLear then pushed his forces further inland towards the German stronghold of Garua but was repulsed in the First Battle of Garua on 31 August.
⇒遠い北部の英国軍は、モーラでドイツ軍の要塞を奪取すべく試みたが、初めは失敗であった。これは、長期にわたるドイツ基地の包囲攻撃を結果として生じ、野戦の終わりまで続くことになった。南部のンサナカンへの攻撃では英国軍が敗北し、「ンサナカンの戦い」でドイツ軍の反撃によってほとんど完全に破壊された。そこでマクリアは、ガルアのドイツ軍要塞を目指して自軍をより遠い内陸に推進したが、8月31日に第１回目の「ガルアの戦い」において追い返された。
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