Regional1851

Battle of Viervoet

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South Africa

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Viervoet (1851), part of the 8th Cape Frontier War. Basotho Kingdom defeated United Kingdom.

Belligerents2

Basotho Kingdom
United Kingdom

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1837)

Conflict graph

PART OFEighth 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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Cite as: Battle of Viervoet (1851). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-viervoet · Sources & methodology