Battle of Mbumbi
1622 Portuguese victory over Kongo in Angola / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Mbumbi was a military engagement between forces of Portuguese Angola and the Kingdom of Kongo in 1622. Although the Portuguese were victorious, the battle served as the impetus for the Kingdom of Kongo to expel the Portuguese from their territory.
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Battle of Mbumbi | |||||||
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Part of the Kongo-Portuguese War of 1622 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Portuguese Angola | Kingdom of Kongo | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Pedro de Sousa Coelho |
Dom Paulo Afonso † Dom Cosme † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
20,000 Mbundu archers 10,000 Portuguese infantry and Imbangala mercenaries |
2,000–3,000 archers 200 heavy infantry.[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Heavy losses including much of the light infantry and 90 heavy infantry |
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