Recapture of Angola

Part of Dutch-Portuguese War

Date	1648
Location	Luanda, Angola
Result	Portuguese victory

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

Dutch–Portuguese War

Bantam 1st Malacca Cape Rachado Swally Macau 1st Bahia Persian Gulf 2nd Bahia 1st Elmina 1st Recife Albrolhos 2nd Elmina Goa 3rd Bahia 4th Bahia Mormugão Itamaracá Galle 2nd Malacca 1st Luanda Tabocas Kombi 2nd Luanda 1st Guararapes 2nd Guararapes 2nd Recife 1st Colombo 2nd Colombo

Dutch colonial campaigns

Portuguese colonial campaigns

Prolonged conflicts shown in bold

Date	Region
1415–1578	Morocco
1478	Guinea
1501–02	India
1502	India
1504	India
1505	Ceylon
1505–17	Indian Ocean
1506	India
1507–1622	Persia
1508	India
1509	India
1510	India
1511	Malacca
1521	China
1522	China
1526	India
1527–1658	Ceylon
1529–59	Ethiopia
1531	India
1538–57	Indian Ocean
1538–40	India
1546	India
1548	Arabia
1552–54	Arabia
1558	Brazil
1558–66	Indian Ocean
1567	Brazil
1568	Malacca
1569	Aceh
1570-74	India
1580–83	Atlantic Ocean
1580–89	Indian Ocean
1601	Java
1606	Malacca
1606 (Aug)	Malacca
1612	India
1622	China
1622	Angola
1624	Brazil
1625	Persia
1625	Brazil
1625	Gold Coast
1629	Malacca

Date	Region
1630	Brazil
1631	Brazil
1637	Gold Coast
1638	India
1638	Brazil
1639	India
1640	Brazil
1640–41	Malacca
1641–48	Angola
1645	Brazil
1647	Angola
1648	Brazil
1649	Brazil
1652–54	Brazil
1654 (Mar)	Ceylon
1654 (May)	Ceylon
1665	Angola
1670 (Jun)	Angola
1670 (Oct)	Angola
1696–98	Mombasa
1710	Brazil
1711	Brazil
1735–37	Banda Oriental
1752	India
1756	South America
1761–63	South America
1762–63	Sacramento
1776–77	South America
1809	French Guiana
1816–20	Banda Oriental
1821–23	Brazil
1846	China
1849	China
1902–03	Angola
1907	Angola
1914–15	Angola
1954	India
1961	India
1961–74	Africa
• 1961–74	Angola
• 1963–74	Guinea-Bissau
• 1964–74	Mozambique

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.

Notes

References

Lourenço, Paula.Battles of Portuguese History - Defence of the Overseas. - Volume X. (2006)

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