Event Sixth Xhosa War

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

Chronology

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  • January 1835: Xhosa invaded and raided border regions (between the fish river and Keiskamma river).
  • February 1835: The Xhosa were repulsed an the Anglo-Boer army that was thus able to occupy the territory up to the Keiskamma River.
  • May 1835: After the 6th Frontier War ("Hintsa's War") the area of British Kaffraria was seized by the British Governor Sir Benjamin d'Urban, and annexed to the Cape Colony as Queen Adelaide Province.