Battle of Mufilo
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The Battle of Mufilo (Portuguese: Combate de Mufilo) took place on 27 August 1907, in the southwest of Portuguese Angola, during the Ovambo resistance to Portuguese colonization.
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| Battle of Mufilo | |||||||
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| Part of Portuguese campaign against the Ovambo (1904-1907) | |||||||
 Portuguese marine sergeants of the expeditionary force sent to fight the Cuamatos (photo taken in Lisbon on 15 May 1907 by Joshua Benoliel) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
.svg){kind=small} Portuguese Empire |
 Ovambo | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Alves Roçadas | Sihetekela | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,300 men | 20,000 men | ||||||
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15 killed 55 wounded | Unknown | ||||||
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- René Pélissier, Les Guerres Grises, résistances et révoltes en Angola (1845–1941), Éditions Pélissier, Orgeval, 1978.
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