- The
Battle of
Dimawe was
fought between several Batswana tribes and the
Boers in
August 1852.
Under the
command of
Kgosi Setshele I of the
Bakwena tribe...
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coalition of
Batswana (Bakwêna, Bakaa, Balete, Batlokwa) in the
Battle of
Dimawe in 1852.
Sechele was born in 1812, the son of the
chief of the Kwêna tribe...
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Afrikaner incursions,
which culminated in the
pivotal showdown of the
Battle of
Dimawe fought with
artillery and long
range rifles as well as
musket fire. Although...
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chiefdoms led by
Sechele I
defeated Afrikaner incursions at the
Battle of
Dimawe and,
after about eight years of
intermittent tensions and hostilities, eventually...
- I (Setshele) of the
Bakwena ba ga
Sechele at
Dimawe in present-day
Botswana during the
Battle of
Dimawe of 1852. The
Boers of the
Transvaal would successfully...
- cave is said to be the home of a spirit.
Dithubaruba -
Kwena capital after Dimawe and Kolobeng;
Livingstone arrived here in 1853.
Dithejwane -
Situated 13 km...
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Conflict Combatant 1
Combatant 2
Result Battle of
Dimawe (1852)
Various Botswana (Bakwena, Batlokwa, Balete, Batswapong, and Bahurutshe)
tribal warriors...
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district in 1852, and in
August that year he took part in the
Battle of
Dimawe, a raid
against the
Tswana chief Sechele I. The Boer
commando was headed...
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tribes in the area,
including the
Bakwena at
Kolobeng in the
Battle of
Dimawe. This
prompted the
Livingstones to
leave Kolobeng, and the
mission was abandoned...
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which included several relatively large engagements such as the
Battle of
Dimawe. As a
result of this raid, the
Tswana launched a
series of
retaliatory raids...
