Fifth Xhosa War
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Was a frontier war between the British Cape Colony and the Xhosa people.
Chronology
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April 1819: In 1819, during the Fifth Xhosa War, the British Cape Colony in Grahamstown was under siege by Xhosa warriors. The British forces, led by Colonel Thomas Brereton, were struggling until they received crucial support from a Khoikhoi group led by Jan Boesak, which helped them successfully repel the siege.
April 1819: On April 22, 1819, Xhosa warrior and leader, Chief Maqoma, led 10,000 men in an attack on Grahamstown, which was held by a garrison of 350 British soldiers.
January 1820: The British pushed the Xhosa further east beyond the Fish River to the Keiskamma River. The resulting empty territory was designated as a buffer zone for loyal Africans' settlements, but was declared to be off limits for either side's military occupation. It came to be known as the "Ceded Territories". The Albany district was established in 1820, on the Cape's side of the Fish River.
