Battle of Kano | |||||||
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Part of the Pacification of Northern Nigeria | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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.