Allied landings at Douala and Victoria on 27 September, under the command of Major General C. M. Dobell, met little resistance.

[3] Due to heavy rains, roads to Dachang, Jabassi, and Edea were washed out and impassable; however, Dobell felt that high water in the Wuri River made a boat-borne assault on Jabassi feasible.

In open ground in front of German entrenchments, they came under intense machine gun fire which forced them to retreat back into the bush.

With two six-inch artillery pieces and reinforcements, British forces landed on both banks of the Wuri and advanced towards the German entrenchments, while General Gorges coordinated the assault from a boat.

It also gave more protection to the Allied landing forces at Douala and Victoria from a feared German counter-attack.