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Name: First Xhosa War

Type: Event

Start: 1780 AD

End: 1781 AD

Parent: Xhosa Wars

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Was a frontier war between Boer frontiersmen and the Xhosa people.

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  • January 1780: The First Frontier War, which broke out in 1779, was between Boer frontiersmen and the Xhosa, who occupied Zuurveld.
  • August 1781: Boer commander Adreaan Van Jaarsveld captured a large number of cattle from the Xhosa and drove them out of Zuurveld by July 1781.

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