Battle of Intombe

When

12 Mar 1879

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

27.23° S, 30.61° E

Description

1879 small action of the Anglo-Zulu War

1879 battle of the Anglo-Zulu War

The Battle of Intombe was an action fought on 12 March 1879, between Zulu troops loyal to Mbilini waMswati and British soldiers and African civilian conductors, drivers and voorloopers (scouts) defending a convoy of wagons on the road from Derby to Lüneburg. The convoy straggled badly along the road due to the rains and bogged on both sides of the Intombe river, which had risen and was in spate due to the rains.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Anglo-Zulu War: At the Battle of Intombe, a British force over one-hundred strong is ambushed and destroyed by Zulu forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht am Fluss Ntombe erleidet ein Detachement der britischen Armee, das einen Nachschubkonvoi begleitet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire zouloue à la bataille de la Ntombe”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Anglo-Zulu War11 Jan 1879 · War