The Battle of Mufilo (Portuguese: Combate de Mufilo) took place on 27 August 1907, in the southwest of Portuguese Angola, during the Ovambo resistance to Portuguese colonization.

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Battle of Mufilo
Part of Portuguese campaign against the Ovambo (1904-1907)
Portuguese marine sergeants of the expeditionary force sent to fight the Cuamatos (photo taken in Lisbon on 15 May 1907 by Joshua Benoliel)
Date 27 August 1907 Location Southwest of Portuguese Angola Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	Ovambo
Commanders and leaders
Alves Roçadas	Sihetekela
Strength
2,300 men	20,000 men
Casualties and losses
15 killed 55 wounded	Unknown

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• René Pélissier, Les Guerres Grises, résistances et révoltes en Angola (1845–1941), Éditions Pélissier, Orgeval, 1978.

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