Regional1846

Battle of Gwanga

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South Africa

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Gwanga (1846), part of the 7th Cape Frontier War. United Kingdom defeated Xhosa.

Belligerents2

United Kingdom
Xhosa

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1837)

Conflict graph

PART OFSeventh Cape Frontier War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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