What the records say
- When
- Oct 1893 – Jan 1894
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 19.83° S, 28.16° E
- Description
- war
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
First Matabele War
1893–94 British invasion of the Ndebele Kingdom
The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern-day Zimbabwe. It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Ndebele kingdom of Mthwakazi. Lobengula, king of Mthwakazi, had tried to avoid outright war with the company's pioneers because he and his advisors were mindful of the destructive power of European-produced weapons on traditional Matabele impis attacking in massed ranks.
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