battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Dimawe

Name: Battle of Dimawe
Location: Botswana

Battle of Dimawe was a battle fought in August 1852 in what is now Botswana. The recorded result: Batswana victory. Recorded strength: 3,000+ against 1,000+ men.

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FoughtAugust 1852

WhereBotswana24.762S, 25.630E

OutcomeBatswana victory

Belligerents23px Various Batswana (Bakwena, Batlokwa, Balete, and Bahurutshe) tribal warriorsagainst23px Voortrekkers

Casualties and losses60 deadand38 dead

Record

Date	August 1852 (month precision)
Place	Botswana 24.762S, 25.630E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	3,000+	1,000+ men
Casualties and losses	60 dead	38 dead
Commanders	Setshele I	Andries Pretorius

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Mafeking 1899, 121 km S
Battle of Elands River 1900, 147 km SE
Battle of Kraaipan 1899, 174 km S
Siege of Rustenburg 1880, 190 km SE
Battle of Tweebosch 1902, 209 km S

Elsewhere in 1852

Battle of Caseros Argentina
Siege of Laghouat Algeria
Battle of Changsha People's Republic of China
Battle of Wuchang China
Battle of Rangoon (1852) Myanmar

Battle of Dimawe is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1 in present-day Botswana.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870875, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Dimawe, revision 1385395565, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.