What the records say
- When
- 25 Oct 1893
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 18.51° S, 27.19° E
- Description
- 1893 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Matabélé sont repoussés lors de l’attaque de la colonne britannique à la bataille de la Shangani”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Part of
Nearby in time and place
- First Matabele War: The Shangani Patrol of British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated, by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors4 Dec 1893 · Event
- Battle of Bembezi1 Nov 1893 · Battle
- Second Matabele WarMar 1896 · War
- Caprivi Strip: United Kingdom → Germany (cession)1890 · Territorial change