War of the Axe

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Cape Frontier War conflict war

The War of the Axe was a mid-19th-century conflict between British colonial forces and the Xhosa people in South Africa, forming part of the series of Cape Frontier Wars.

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Label	Occurrences
War of the Axe canonical	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cape Frontier War ⓘ conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Seventh Frontier War NERFINISHED ⓘ Seventh Xhosa War NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Gcaleka Xhosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngqika Xhosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Xhosa chiefdoms ⓘ
commandedBy	Andries Stockenström NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Peregrine Maitland NERFINISHED ⓘ Xhosa chiefs NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictBetween	British colonial forces ⓘ Xhosa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	expansion of British control over the eastern frontier ⓘ further loss of Xhosa land ⓘ increased British military presence in the Eastern Cape ⓘ
endDate	1847 ⓘ
followedBy	Eighth Frontier War NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	confiscation of an axe from a Xhosa man by colonial authorities ⓘ disputes over cattle raiding ⓘ tensions over land on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony ⓘ
hasEthnicContext	Xhosa–British relations ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	mid-19th century ⓘ
hasPrimaryOpponents	British colonial authorities and Xhosa polities ⓘ
hasTheater	frontier zone between the Cape Colony and Xhosa territories ⓘ
hasType	colonial frontier conflict ⓘ ethno-political conflict ⓘ
involves	colonial frontier policy of the Cape government ⓘ displacement of African communities ⓘ
location	Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	19th-century wars in Africa ⓘ Cape Frontier Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial wars involving the British Empire ⓘ
precededBy	Sixth Frontier War NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	British colonisation of the Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Xhosa Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ history of the Eastern Cape ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
startDate	1846 ⓘ

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Seventh Frontier War → alsoKnownAs → War of the Axe ⓘ