Battle of Kambula

When

29 Mar 1879

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

27.69° S, 30.67° E

Description

1879 Zulu army attack on the British camp at Kambula during the Anglo-Zulu War

1879 battle of the Anglo-Zulu War in Kambula, South Africa

The 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. The battle was a severe Zulu defeat and the warriors lost their belief in victory. The war ended after the Zulu defeat at the Battle of Ulundi on 4 July 1879.

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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 Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2.000 Briten unter Evelyn Henry Wood besiegen die 20.000 Mann starke Armee von Ntshingwayo Khoza in der Schlacht von Kambula”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite des Zoulous à la bataille de Kambula”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Anglo-Zulu War11 Jan 1879 · War