Regional1878

Battle of Kentani

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South Africa

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Kentani (1878), part of the 9th Cape Frontier War. United Kingdom, Mfengu defeated Xhosa.

Belligerents3

United Kingdom
Mfengu
Xhosa

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1880)

Conflict graph

PART OFNinth 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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