Major conflict1846 – 1847 · 1 year

Seventh Cape Frontier War

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Eastern Cape · Amathole Mountains

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Known as the War of the Axe; British defeat of the Ngqika Xhosa, ending with British annexation of British Kaffraria.

Belligerents2

British Empire
Xhosa

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1837)

Conflict graph

PART OFCape Frontier Wars

SUB-CONFLICTS · 2

Battle of Fort Peddie1846
Battle of Gwanga1846

Sources

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