Battle of Marracuene
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| Battle of Marracuene | |||||||
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| Part of Campaigns of Pacification and Occupation | |||||||
 Painting of the Battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Portugal | Ronga forces | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| António Enes | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000 soldiers | 2,000 soldiers | ||||||
The Battle of Marracuene (Portuguese: Combate de Marracuene), also known as the Battle of Gwaza Muthini,[1] was a military confrontation that was fought on February 2, 1895, near Marracuene, Portuguese Mozambique, between Ronga rebels and Portuguese forces. There were over 2,000 Ronga troops in the conflict.[2]: 596 António Enes, the Portuguese Royal Commissioner, assembled over 2,000 European soldiers.[3]: 596 The Portuguese, armed with machine guns and repeating rifles, won the confrontation.[3]: 596 The date of the battle is celebrated in Mozambique.[1][4]: 276
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dhlamini, Khulani Aubrey (29 February 2012). "Mozambique, A Work in Progress". Independent Online. Archived from the original on 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ Pélissier, René (1989). Naissance du Mozambique: Résistance et Révoltes Anticoloniales (1854–1918) (in French). Orgeval: Pélissier. ISBN 978-2-902-80406-1.
- ^ a b Wheeler, Douglas L. (1968). "Gungunyane the Negotiator: A Study in African Diplomacy". The Journal of African History. 9 (4): 585–602. doi:10.1017/S0021853700009051. JSTOR 180146 – via Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Bertelsen, Bjørn Enge (2003). "'The Traditional Lion Is Dead': The Ambivalent Presence of Tradition and the Relation between Politics and Violence in Mozambique". Lusotopie. 10: 263–281 – via Persée.
Further reading
[edit]- "História de Moçambique - Formação e oposição", René Pélissier, Editorial Estampa, 3.ª Edição, Lisboa, 2000, Volume II, pp. 273.
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