Battle of Isandlwana

When

22 Jan 1879

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

28.36° S, 30.65° E

Description

1879 first major encounter in the Anglo–Zulu War

1879 Anglo-Zulu War battle

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.

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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 – Battle of Isandlwana: A force of 1,200 British soldiers is wiped out by over 20,000 Zulu warriors”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Isandhlwana erleiden die Briten eine katastrophale Niederlage gegen 20.000 Zulu unter Häuptling Ntshingwayo Khoza”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le corps expéditionnaire britannique () est mis en pièces par les troupes du chef Zoulou Chettiwayo à la bataille d’Isandhlwana”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Isandhlwana entre tropas británicas y guerreros zulúes por el control de Suazilandia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “祖魯在伊散德爾瓦納戰役中擊敗英國軍隊。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Anglo-Zulu War11 Jan 1879 · War