Battle of Dimawe

Battle of Dimawe
Date	August 1852 over the course of 3–7 days
Location	Dimawe Hill, outside Mmankgodi, Kweneng District, 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Gaborone, Botswana24°45′43″S 25°37′49″E / 24.76194°S 25.63028°E
Result	Batswana victory
Belligerents
Various Batswana (Bakwena, Batlokwa, Balete, and Bahurutshe) tribal warriors	Voortrekkers
Commanders and leaders
Kgosi Setshele I	Andries Pretorius
Strength
3,000+	1,000+ men
Casualties and losses
60 dead	38 dead
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Botswana

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, the Batswana were victorious at Dimawe Hill.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Livingstone 1857, chpt. 2.
^ ^a ^b Livingstone 1857, chpt. 6.
^ Kruger, Paul;Teixeira de Mattos. "The memoirs of Paul Kruger". library.si.edu. Retrieved 15 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Fysh 2018.
^ Leonard 2006.

[FOOTNOTELivingstone1857chpt._2-1] Livingstone 1857, chpt. 2.

[FOOTNOTELivingstone1857chpt._6-2] Livingstone 1857, chpt. 6.

[:0-3] Kruger, Paul;Teixeira de Mattos. "The memoirs of Paul Kruger". library.si.edu. Retrieved 15 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[FOOTNOTEFysh2018-4] Fysh 2018.

[FOOTNOTELeonard2006-5] Leonard 2006.

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