Battle of Blood River

Ne zaman

16 Ara 1838

Tür

Muharebe

Koordinatlar

28.11° S, 30.54° E

Description

part of the Great Trek, fought on the bank of the Ncome river in South Africa in 1838

Zulu–Boer War in 1838, the battle of the Great Trek

The Battle of Blood River, or Voortrekker–Zulu War, was fought on the bank of the Ncome River, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between 464 Voortrekkers ("Pioneers"), led by Andries Pretorius, and an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 Zulu. Estimations of casualties amounted to over 3,000 of King Dingane's soldiers dead, including two Zulu princes competing with Prince Mpande for the Zulu throne.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · “Battle of Blood River: The Boers win a decisive victory over the Zulus” adını veriyorCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Kaynak sayfası
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · “Die Buren besiegen die Zulu in der Schlacht am Bloodriver” adını veriyorCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Kaynak sayfası
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · “les Boers sous la conduite de leur chef Andries Pretorius défont les Zoulous à la bataille de Blood River dans le Natal” adını veriyorCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Kaynak sayfası
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · “En Sudáfrica, en la provincia de KwaZulu-Natal, junto al río Ncome, 460 bóeres blancos y sus criados negros, dirigidos por su jefe Andreas Pretorius” adını veriyorCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Kaynak sayfası