About: Battle of Mbidizi River

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Responding to a plea by King Rafael I, a Portuguese colonial army from Luanda was dispatched to conquer Kongo's rebel province of Soyo in June 1670. The Count of Soyo Estêvão da Silva and his brother Prince Paulo da Silva moved with a force of BaKongo musketeers intermixed with heavy infantry holding shields for which BaKongo soldiers were famous to meet the force.

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rdf:type	Military conflict
rdfs:label	Battle of Mbidizi River
rdfs:comment	Responding to a plea by King Rafael I, a Portuguese colonial army from Luanda was dispatched to conquer Kongo's rebel province of Soyo in June 1670. The Count of Soyo Estêvão da Silva and his brother Prince Paulo da Silva moved with a force of BaKongo musketeers intermixed with heavy infantry holding shields for which BaKongo soldiers were famous to meet the force.
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Strength	4(xsd:integer) 400(xsd:integer) Unknown number of auxiliary Imbangala Unknown number of irregular bowmen Unknown number of musketeers heavy infantry and bowmen
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Partof	the Kongo Civil War
Date	June 1670
Commander	Commander João Soares de Almeida Prince Paulo da Silva Count Estêvão da Silva
Casualties	Unknown but included Estêvão da Silva Unknown but reportedly light
Result	Decisive Portuguese victory
combatant	22(xsd:integer) Soyo and Ngoyo
Place	Mbidizi River, Angola
Conflict	Battle of Mbidizi River
abstract	Responding to a plea by King Rafael I, a Portuguese colonial army from Luanda was dispatched to conquer Kongo's rebel province of Soyo in June 1670. The Count of Soyo Estêvão da Silva and his brother Prince Paulo da Silva moved with a force of BaKongo musketeers intermixed with heavy infantry holding shields for which BaKongo soldiers were famous to meet the force. The armies met just north of the Mbidizi River. The Portuguese were successful initially, just as they had been in earlier engagements against Kongo at Mbwila and Mbumbi. The Portuguese use of grapeshot inflicted many casualties on the Soyo army and forced the defeated to retreat. Enthused by their victory, the Portuguese captured the enemies' shields and marched further anticipating hand-to-hand combat at another location and hoping for a chance to show off their own talents in swordsmanship.

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