Recapture of Angola | |||||||
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Part of Dutch-Portuguese War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Portuguese Empire | Dutch Republic | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Salvador Correia de Sá | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
900 men | 1,200 Dutch | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
163 men killed 160 men wounded |
150 men killed Unknown number of men wounded |
The Recapture of Angola was a military campaign fought between the Portuguese and the Dutch occupiers of Angola. Its most important episode was the siege imposed by the Portuguese on the far larger Dutch garrison of Luanda.