Battle of Salt River

Battle of Salt River
Date 1 March 1510 Location Observatory and Salt River, Western Cape, South Africa 33°55′36″S 18°28′19″E / 33.92667°S 18.47194°E / -33.92667; 18.47194 Result ǃUriǁʼaekua victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	ǃUriǁʼaekua
Commanders and leaders
Francisco de Almeida †	unknown
Strength
~150	~170
Casualties and losses
64	unknown

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.