First Battle of Vailele

First Battle of Vailele
Part of the Samoan Civil War
Date18 December 1888
Location
Vailele
Result Mata'afaite victory
Belligerents
 German Empire Mata'afaite Samoans
Casualties and losses
16 marines dead Unknown

The First Battle of Vailele occurred on 18 December 1888 at the German plantation of Vailele as part of the First Samoan Civil War.[1] Sixteen German marines were ambushed and killed by forces loyal to Mata'afa Iosefo.[2]

A memorial for the Germans killed at the battle was erected in a ceremony presided over by the commander of the unprotected cruiser Sperber.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Krämer, p. 299
  2. ^ Hempestall & Mochida, p. 54
  3. ^ Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz, p. 178

References

  • Krämer, Augustine (1994). The Samoa Islands: An Outline of a Monograph With Particular Consideration of German Samoa: Constitution, Pedigrees and Traditions. Vol. I. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0824822196.
  • Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert; Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993). Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe (Volume 7). Ratingen, DE: Mundus Verlag. ASIN B003VHSRKE.
  • Hempestall, Peter L.; Mochida, Paula Tanaka (2005) The Lost Man: Wilhelm Solf in German History. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 3447051345