Battle of Salt River
Portugal v. indigenous group, 1510 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Salt River was a small[1] military engagement between the crew of a Portuguese fleet led by Francisco de Almeida and the indigenous ǃUriǁʼaekua ("Goringhaiqua" in Dutch approximate spelling[2]), notable for being the first military encounter between Europeans and indigenous people in what would later become South Africa. The battle resulted in a massacre of Portuguese forces and a victory for the ǃUriǁʼaekua.
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Portuguese Empire | ǃUriǁʼaekua | ||||||
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Francisco de Almeida † | unknown | ||||||
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~150 | ~170 | ||||||
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64 | unknown |
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