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  2. Anglo-Zulu War - Wikipedia

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    Cetshwayo returned no answer to the demands [f] [17] of Bartle Frere, and in January 1879 a British force under Lieutenant General Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford invaded Zululand, without authorization by the British Government. [14] [15] The exact date of the invasion was 11 January 1879.

  3. Battle of Ulundi - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Ulundi took place at the Zulu capital of Ulundi (Zulu: oNdini) on 4 July 1879 and was the last major battle of the Anglo-Zulu War.The British army broke the military power of the Zulu nation by defeating the main Zulu army and immediately afterwards capturing and burning the royal kraal of oNdini.

  4. Battle of Isandlwana - Wikipedia

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    On 9 January 1879 they moved to Rorke's Drift, and early on 11 January commenced crossing the Buffalo River into Zululand. [5] British Army "Military Map of Zulu Land", 1879. Rorke's Drift is at the convergence of the red, green and blue border lines, Islandlwana is slightly to the right

  5. Ntshingwayo Khoza - Wikipedia

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    Ntshingwayo's amabutho [isiZulu: "regiments"; singular: ibutho] attacked and virtually annihilated the encamped British force in the Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879. With a death toll of some 1,300 British troops, European volunteers, African soldiers and camp followers, the battle proved to be one of the worst defeat suffered by the ...

  6. Natal Native Pioneer Corps - Wikipedia

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    The Natal Native Pioneer Corps, commonly referred to as the Natal Pioneers, was a British unit of the Zulu War. Raised in November/December 1878 the unit served throughout the war of 1879 to provide engineering support to the British invasion of Zululand. Three companies were formed each comprising around 100 men and clad in old British Army ...

  7. Zungeni Mountain skirmish - Wikipedia

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    The British established the camp as a fortified base, known as Fort Newdigate, to support the advance further into Zululand. [7] A further raid on Zungeni was mounted on 8 June by a force of lancers, dragoons and two 7-pounder artillery pieces. This drove off a force of Zulu and burnt many homesteads. [17]

  8. Zungwini Mountain skirmishes - Wikipedia

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    Wood c.1879. British forces invaded Zululand in January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War.The advance was made in three columns, a left column under Lieutenant-Colonel Evelyn Wood, a centre column under Lieutenant-General Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford and a right column under Colonel Charles Pearson.

  9. Battle of Hlobane - Wikipedia

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    No. 4 Column was to occupy the attention of those Zulus dwelling on the flat-topped mountains rising out of the plains of north-west Zululand.The distance of these Zulus from the capital, Ulundi, gave them a degree of independence from Cetshwayo, enabling the chiefs to withhold their warriors for local defence, rather than contributing to the main Zulu Army.