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When the Dutch forces occupied Luanda in 1641, capital of the Portuguese colony of Angola, the neighboring countries of Kongo and Ndongo had welcomed them, sending embassies and receiving promises of assistance in driving Portuguese out of the colony and central Africa. However, following the initial Dutch success, the Portuguese had fallen back into their interior positions, first at Bengo, where they were driven out, and then to the fortress of Massangano. In 1643, deciding it was not worthwhile to continue the war with Portugal, the Dutch signed a truce agreement which effectively left Portugal in command of the interior presidios. However, the kingdom of Ndongo, longtime enemy of Portuguese ambitions, then led by Queen Njinga fought on against the Portuguese without Dutch help. Followi

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  • Battle of Kombi
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  • When the Dutch forces occupied Luanda in 1641, capital of the Portuguese colony of Angola, the neighboring countries of Kongo and Ndongo had welcomed them, sending embassies and receiving promises of assistance in driving Portuguese out of the colony and central Africa. However, following the initial Dutch success, the Portuguese had fallen back into their interior positions, first at Bengo, where they were driven out, and then to the fortress of Massangano. In 1643, deciding it was not worthwhile to continue the war with Portugal, the Dutch signed a truce agreement which effectively left Portugal in command of the interior presidios. However, the kingdom of Ndongo, longtime enemy of Portuguese ambitions, then led by Queen Njinga fought on against the Portuguese without Dutch help. Followi
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Date
  • 1647-10-29(xsd:date)
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  • 3000(xsd:integer)
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  • Decisive Ndongo-Matamba/Dutch allied victory
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  • Battle of Kombi
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  • When the Dutch forces occupied Luanda in 1641, capital of the Portuguese colony of Angola, the neighboring countries of Kongo and Ndongo had welcomed them, sending embassies and receiving promises of assistance in driving Portuguese out of the colony and central Africa. However, following the initial Dutch success, the Portuguese had fallen back into their interior positions, first at Bengo, where they were driven out, and then to the fortress of Massangano. In 1643, deciding it was not worthwhile to continue the war with Portugal, the Dutch signed a truce agreement which effectively left Portugal in command of the interior presidios. However, the kingdom of Ndongo, longtime enemy of Portuguese ambitions, then led by Queen Njinga fought on against the Portuguese without Dutch help. Following her defeat at Kavanga in 1646, however, the situation was sufficiently grave that the Dutch commander decided to commit forces to her support. Thus, in 1647 a combined force from Kongo, Njinga's army and a Dutch contingent of over 8,000 men met the Portuguese and their African allies with a field army of some 30,000 men somewhere north of Masangano (the battlefield has not yet been located). The Portuguese were routed by the Kongo-Ndongo-Dutch alliance and over 3,000 Portuguese and their African allies were killed or wounded. As a result of this victory, Njinga and her army was able to lay siege to three of the Portuguese presidios in Angola, Ambaca, Masangano and Muxima. These sieges were not successful, largely because neither she nor her Dutch allies possessed sufficient artillery to effect an attack. When the forces of Salvador de Sá e Benevides arrived in 1648, Njinga was forced to abandon the siege and return to her headquarters in Matamba.
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