Battle of Coolela

Battle of Coolela
Part of Campaigns of Pacification and Occupation
Painting of the Battle of Coolela
Date November 7, 1895 Location Coolela, Mozambique Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	Gaza Empire
Commanders and leaders
Joaquim Augusto de Albuquerque Colonel Eduardo Galhardo	Gungunhana Maguiguana
Strength
631 Europeans 100 sepoys 500 native auxiliaries 6 guns	10,000-12,000 men 3000 rifles
Casualties and losses
5 killed 21 wounded	305 dead Between 600 and 900 wounded.

The Battle of Coolela (Batalha de Coolela in Portuguese) was a confrontation fought on November 7, 1895 between Portuguese forces commanded by Colonel Eduardo Galhardo and forces of the Gaza Empire commanded by Emperor Gungunhana. The clash took place in the context of the Portuguese Campaigns of Pacification and Occupation in Mozambique, a struggle aimed at resisting Portuguese occupation, and took place in the vicinity of the Coolela swamp, in the district of Manjacaze, province of Gaza.