Event Seventh Xhosa War

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Was a frontier war between the British Cape Colony and the Xhosa people.

Chronology

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  • December 1847: Great Britain announced the annexation of the region between the Keiskamma and the Kei rivers to the British crown. This area was not, however, incorporated with the Cape Colony, but made a crown dependency under the name of British Kaffraria Colony, with King William's Town as capital.
  • April 1846: Large numbers of Xhosa poured across the border with the Cape Colony as the outnumbered imperial troops fell back, abandoning their outposts.
  • May 1846: A force of 8,000 Xhosa attacked the last remaining British garrison, at Fort Peddie, but fell back after a long shootout with British and Fengu troops.