Battle of Kano

Battle of Kano
Part of the Pacification of Northern Nigeria
Date3 February 1903
Location
Result British Victory
Belligerents

Sokoto Caliphate

United Kingdom British Empire

Commanders and leaders
Madakin Kano Thomas Morland
Strength
300 cavalry.[1] 100 cavalry,
800 Infantry (rank and file).
Casualties and losses
Unknown 70 dead and wounded

The Battle of Kano was an important battle in 1903 between the British Empire and the Sokoto Caliphate's Kano Emirate in what is now Northern Nigeria.

  1. ^ Ikime, Obaro (1977). Fall of Nigeria. Heinemann. ISBN 0435941402.