Battle of Mbumbi

Battle of Mbumbi
	Part of the Kongo-Portuguese War of 1622
Date	18 December 1622
Location	Bumbi, Angola
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Angola	Kingdom of Kongo
Commanders and leaders
Pedro de Sousa Coelho	Dom Paulo Afonso †; Dom Cosme †
Strength
20,000 Mbundu archers; 10,000 Portuguese infantry and Imbangala mercenaries	2,000–3,000 archers; 200 heavy infantry.
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy losses including much of the light infantry and 90 heavy infantry

The Battle of Mbumbi was a military engagement between forces of Portuguese Angola and the Kingdom of Kongo in 1622. Although the Portuguese were victorious, the battle served as the impetus for the Kingdom of Kongo to expel the Portuguese from their territory.

^ Thornton, John (1999). Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500–1800. UCL Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-85728-392-1.

[wiaa-1] Thornton, John (1999). Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500–1800. UCL Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-85728-392-1.

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