"battle of Libreville" . "Battle of Gabon" . . "Gabon" . . "1 sloop" . "*French Chad" . "invading" . "force against Gabon" . "Battle of Gabon" . . "operations in Gabon" . . . "20-100 killed" . . "Gabon Campaign" . "invaded" . "1,500 men" . "4 aircraft destroyed" . "1 cargo ship" . . . "invaded Vichy-held Gabon" . "*French Congo" . . "storming of Libreville" . "1940-11-12" . "taken over" . "France" . "Gabon on 7 November 1940" . . "Free French victory" . "1 aviso" . "1,060 men" . . . "*French Gabon" . . "invaded in early November" . . . . . "Royal Navy:" . "1 minesweeper" . . "United Kingdom" . "Libreville" . . . . . . . "1 heavy cruiser" . . "Naval support:" . "1 submarine" . . . "directed successful operations" . . "Central Africa" . . "*French Cameroons" . . "Free French:" .