battle, nineteenth century

Battle of the Cunene

Name: Battle of the Cunene
Location: Angola

Battle of the Cunene was a battle fought in 1904 in what is now Angola. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q18469222. The recorded result: Ovambo victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against ~500.

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Fought1904

WhereAngola17.249S, 11.753E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOvambo victory

BelligerentsOvambo warriorsagainstKingdom of Portugal

Casualties and lossesUnknownand~300

Part ofQ18469222

Where it sits in Q18469222

6 placed engagements of Q18469222 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1904 (year precision)
Place	Angola 17.249S, 11.753E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	Unknown	~500
Casualties and losses	Unknown	~300
Commanders	Tchetekelo	Luís Pinto de Almeida

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Naulila 1914, 311 km E
Battle of Mufilo 1907, 347 km E
Battle of Mongua 1915, 451 km E
Battle of Cassinga 1978, 520 km NE
Battle of Ongulumbashe 1966, 520 km NE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Macontene 1897
After: Battle of Mongua 17 August 1915

Elsewhere in 1904

Battle of Port Arthur China
Battle of the Yellow Sea
Siege of Port Arthur People's Republic of China
Battle of Liaoyang People's Republic of China
Battle of Yalu River North Korea

Battle of the Cunene is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 19 in present-day Angola.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1674550, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Cunene, revision 1374485673, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.