Battle of Mbumbi

Battle of Mbumbi
Part of the Kongo-Portuguese War of 1622
Date18 December 1622
Location
Bumbi, Angola
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Angola Kingdom of Kongo
Commanders and leaders
Pedro de Sousa Coelho Dom Paulo Afonso 
Dom Cosme 
Strength
20,000 Mbundu archers
10,000 Portuguese infantry and Imbangala mercenaries
2,000–3,000 archers
200 heavy infantry.[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy losses including much of the light infantry and 90 heavy infantry

The Battle of Mbumbi was a military engagement between forces of Portuguese Angola and the Kingdom of Kongo in 1622. Although the Portuguese were victorious, the battle served as the impetus for the Kingdom of Kongo to expel the Portuguese from their territory.

  1. ^ Thornton, John (1999). Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500–1800. UCL Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-85728-392-1.