A report on Anglo-Zulu War
Fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.
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Cetshwayo
14 linksCetshwayo kaMpande (c. undefined 1826 – 8 February 1884) was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1873 to 1879 and its leader during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
Battle of Isandlwana
13 linksThe Battle of Isandlwana (alternative spelling: Isandhlwana) on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.
Zulu Kingdom
8 linksMonarchy in Southern Africa that extended along the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela River in the south to Pongola River in the north.
Monarchy in Southern Africa that extended along the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela River in the south to Pongola River in the north.
In 1879, the British Empire invaded, beginning the Anglo-Zulu War.
Henry Bartle Frere
7 linksWelsh British colonial administrator.
Welsh British colonial administrator.
However, as High Commissioner for Southern Africa (1877–1880), he implemented a set of policies which attempted to impose a British confederation on the region and which led to the overthrow of the Cape's first elected government in 1878 and to a string of regional wars, culminating in the invasion of Zululand (1879) and the First Boer War (1880–1881).
Battle of Ulundi
9 linksThe 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.
Battle of Rorke's Drift
5 linksThe Battle of Rorke's Drift (1879), also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War.
Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford
5 linksFrederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, (31 May 1827 – 9 April 1905) was a British Army officer who rose to prominence during the Anglo-Zulu War, when an expeditionary force under his command suffered a decisive defeat at the hands of a Zulu force at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879.
Colony of Natal
6 linksBritish colony in south-eastern Africa.
British colony in south-eastern Africa.
Nonetheless, tensions between the British colonists and the Zulu continued to build, culminating in the Anglo-Zulu War.
Battle of Kambula
6 linksThe Battle of Kambula took place on 29 March 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, when a Zulu military force attacked the British camp at Kambula, having routed the mounted element of the British force at the Battle of Hlobane the day before.
Benjamin Disraeli
3 linksBritish statesman and Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
British statesman and Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Controversial wars in Afghanistan and South Africa undermined his public support.