Battle of Isandlwana

The Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was the second major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom – the Battle of Nyezane having been fought and won earlier on the same day by Colonel Pearson's Coastal Column. 11 days after the British invaded the Zulu Kingdom in Southern Africa, a Zulu force of some 20,000 warriors attacked a portion of the British main column consisting of approximately 1,800 British, colonial and native troops with approximately 350 civilians. The Zulus were equipped mainly with the traditional assegai iron spears and cow-hide shields, but also had a number of muskets and antiquated rifles.

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1879  Wikimedia, Wikidata
battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, South Africa, 

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1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift

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A-Zulu-regiment-attacking-at-iSandlwana

Holden(1879) sketch of the battle of isandhlwana

Map of Zululand, Natal, Transvaal (1879)

Dabulamanzi

Isandlwanazulumem

LL1882 pg255 ISANDHLWANA

Charles Edwin Fripp (1854-1906) - The Battle of Isandlwana, 22 January 1879 - NAM. 1960-11-182 - National Army Museum

Isandhlwana

Two black men are tortured by being tied to a wooden stick a Wellcome V0041696

Map of Zululand, Natal, Transvaal (1879), crop

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Battle of Magango	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1879	Battle of Isandlwana	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1879	Battle of Rorke's Drift	British Empire, battle, Zulu Kingdom	Wikidata
commons	image		A-Zulu-regiment-attacking-at-iSandlwana		Commons
commons	image		Holden(1879) sketch of the battle of isandhlwana		Commons
commons	image		Map of Zululand, Natal, Transvaal (1879)		Commons
commons	image		Dabulamanzi		Commons
commons	image		Isandlwanazulumem		Commons
commons	image		LL1882 pg255 ISANDHLWANA		Commons
commons	image		Charles Edwin Fripp (1854-1906) - The Battle of Isandlwana, 22 January 1879 - NAM. 1960-11-182 - National Army Museum		Commons
commons	image		Isandhlwana		Commons
commons	image		Two black men are tortured by being tied to a wooden stick a Wellcome V0041696		Commons
commons	image		Map of Zululand, Natal, Transvaal (1879), crop		Commons