Battle of Salt River

Battle of Salt River
Date1 March 1510
Location
Observatory and Salt River, Western Cape, South Africa
33°55′36″S 18°28′19″E / 33.92667°S 18.47194°E / -33.92667; 18.47194
Result ǃUriǁʼaekua victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire ǃUriǁʼaekua
Commanders and leaders
Francisco de Almeida † Unknown
Strength
~150 ~170
Casualties and losses
64 Unknown

The Battle of Salt River was a small military engagement between the crew of a Portuguese fleet led by Francisco de Almeida and the indigenous ǃUriǁʼaekua ("Goringhaiqua" in Dutch approximate spelling), notable for being the first military encounter between Europeans and indigenous people in what would later become South Africa. The battle resulted in a massacre of Portuguese forces and a victory for the ǃUriǁʼaekua.

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