Resistance fighters defend a stronghold in the forested Water Kloof during the Eighth Xhosa War in 1851. Xhosa, Kat River Khoi-khoi and some army deserters are depicted
Date
1850–1853[4]
Location
Cape Colony frontier
Result
British victory[4]
Belligerents
British Empire
Cape Colony
Xhosa tribes
Ngqika people[1]
Khoikhoi forces[2]
Cape Mounted Riflemen renegades[3]
Commanders and leaders
Harry Smith[5](until 1852) George Cathcart[5](from 1852)
Chief Maqoma[3]
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Xhosa Wars
First Xhosa War
Second Xhosa War
Third Xhosa War
The Fourth Xhosa War
The Fifth Xhosa War
The Sixth Xhosa War
The Seventh Xhosa War
Eighth Xhosa War
Ninth Xhosa War
The Eighth Xhosa War was a war between the British Empire and Xhosa as well as Khoikhoi forces, between 1850 and 1853. It was the eighth of nine Xhosa Wars.
The EighthXhosaWar was a war between the British Empire and Xhosa as well as Khoikhoi forces, between 1850 and 1853. It was the eighth of nine Xhosa Wars...
The XhosaWars (also known as the Cape Frontier Wars or the Kaffir Wars) were a series of nine wars (from 1779 to 1879) between the Xhosa Kingdom and...
September 1873) was a Xhosa chief and a commander of the Xhosa forces during the Cape Frontier Wars. Born in the Right Hand House of the Xhosa Kingdom, he was...
2nd Division during the First World War, described the division's lineage as only including the Crimean and the Second Boer War. This force was raised from the...
Basuto War may refer to any of three conflicts in Basutoland: The EighthXhosaWar (1850-1853) The Free State–Basotho Wars (1858-1868) The Basuto Gun War (1880-1881)...
Foot during the EighthXhosaWar in 1851 and served as Chief of Staff of the British Army's Turkish contingent during the Crimean War in 1854 before transferring...
during the Cape Frontier Wars, which lasted from 1779 to 1879. The wars were fought between the European colonists and the native Xhosa who, defending their...
campaigns of the Eighth Frontier War (1850–1853). Nongqawuse is believed to have been quite conscious and aware of the tensions between the Xhosa and the Cape...
Edgcumbe. Macdonald joined the Royal Navy in 1833. He served in the EighthXhosaWar as Commander of HMS Ferret. Promoted to captain in 1854, he commanded...
Wellington and was present at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. After the war he was commissioned in the 7th Hussars, promoted to lieutenant-colonel in...
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States...
again at Algoa Bay and set off for the Amatolas to take part in the EighthXhosaWar, returning to England on 12 November 1853. In July 1854 he sailed from...
the Right Hand House of the Xhosa Kingdom. A dynamic leader, he led the Xhosa armies in several of the Xhosa-British Wars. Having recently been equipped...
The amaMfengu (in the Xhosa language Mfengu, plural amafengu) were a group of Xhosa clans whose ancestors were refugees that fled from the Mfecane in...
was the King of Xhosa nation from 1835 until his death in 1892 at Sholora, Bomvanaland. He was also known as "Kreli", and led the Xhosa armies in a series...
displacement of large numbers of Xhosa squatters from the Kat River region. The war became known as "Mlanjeni's War", the eighthwar, after the prophet Mlanjeni...
kaHintsa, who was the chief at the time. The Xhosa had recently suffered defeat during the Eighth Frontier War (1850–1853) and lost much of their cattle...
Fourth XhosaWar 1811 Ga–Fante War c.1812 Battle of Shela 1814–1816 Ashanti–Akim–Akwapim War 1815 Slachter's Nek Rebellion 1815 Second Barbary War 1817–1819...
Global Information
Harry Smith[5] (until 1852)