Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Makhanda waxaa loo aasaasay Grahamstown 1812 kadib Dagaalkii Afaraad ee Xhosa
waxaa saldhig milatari u ahaa Kornayl John Graham oo qeyb ka ahaa ololaha lagu xaqiijinayo xadka bari ee gumeysiga Cape. Markii hore Kornayl Graham wuxuu go'aansaday inuu xaruntiisa ku dhiso beerta amaahda Noutoe, oo hadda loo yaqaan Table Farm, laakiin talo soo jeedinta Ensign Andries Stockenstrom waxaa loo wareejiyay hoyga beerta amaahda De Rietfontein, oo ay leedahay Lucas Meyer. Dhismaha xarunta cusub, oo ku taal goobta Church Square ee hadda, ayaa sidaas bilaabatay Juun 1812.