Military sources claim that they have seized large quantities of small arms and ammunition and killed no fewer than 207 Boko Haram militants in fighting on Tuesday near Garambu, a Nigerian town close to the border with Cameroon,
The statement announcing the successful camapaign revealed that one Chadian soldier was killed and another nine were wounded in the clashes near Garambu, the scene of regular attacks by the Nigerian Islamist group in recent months.
Niger, Cameroon and Chad have launched a regional military campaign to help Nigeria defeat the Boko Haram insurgency, which aims to carve an Islamic emirate out of northeastern Nigeria.
Chad deployed troops last month in support of Cameroonian efforts to stop repeated cross-border raids by the Islamists, whose operations increasingly threaten Nigeria’s neighbours.
The African Union last month authorised the creation of the regional force, which will also include Benin, and is pushing for a U.N. Security Council mandate for the operation.