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anglozulu - 0 views

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    The Boer pointing a gun to the Zulus, the Boer has the advantage to kill the Zulus here even though his outnumbered because he has a firearm which is quicker and kills from a distance.
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December-16-1838-The-Battle-of-Blood-River-768x464 - 0 views

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    This is a picture of what unfolded in 1838 in the war between the Boers and the Zulus in the southern hemisphere of Africa. We can clearly see that the weapons used by the boers were guns and cannons while the Zulus used spears.
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Notes on Hasty Defences as Practised in South Africa.pdf - 1 views

  • o wagons were kept in as compact an order of march as possible, and on the leading wagon a cannon was carried.
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      the boers had cannons(guns) which gave them an advantage in the war
  • The cannon was fired, laager was formed, and at the cannon signal all the other parties rallied on the laager, which mas circular in form, oxen and horses inside, wagons chained together, and wagon saiIs over the wagons and pegpl to the ground outside.
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      Guns were in South Africa in the 1830s used by the boers
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Notes on Hasty Defences as Practised in South Africa: Royal United Services Institution... - 2 views

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    How the British defended vs how the Zulus defended in the war
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Guns in South Africa.pdf - 1 views

  • In 1812, after commenting on the extraordinary animals of the South African interior, the famous English traveler William J. Burchell wished that guns would spread more extensively to help people kill off the unwanted beasts.
  • In 1859, Natal required all Africans to register their firearms with the lieutenant governor. This did not totally disarm Africans, but it was a crucial first step.
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      Africans used firearms it wasn't only the Europeans
  • Many Africans had to surrender their guns under the terms of a new Peace Preservation Act passed in 1878
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      this act wasn't fair because it only disarmed the Africans hence at the period Africans thought they were equal to the Europeans
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      Firearms in the southern hemisphere of africa were not brought up to fight a war according to William J in 1812
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Guns in colonial South African History - 0 views

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    A part of that explains the reasons guns were brought to Southern Africa
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British South Africa and the Zulu war 12.pdf - 2 views

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      the guns in africa (southern) were used by the british to claim land from the zulus
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      couldn't highlight the last sentence
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      funny how the King thought guns were no match for their tradional weapons
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      the guns were a strong trait to the british
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      (i wasn't able to annotate) my focus is in page 28-29, these pages outline that the the British had greater opportunity to attack and win against the Zulus because they had guns
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British South Africa and the Zulu war 12.pdf - 1 views

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  • the question is—Would they fight? The King evidently is of opinion that they would ; I am of opinion that it would greatly depend against whom
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      This shows that the advantage was the guns which could shoot the Zulu soldiers from a distance. It was not a fair war.
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British South Africa and the Zulu war - 1 views

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    The Zulu and English war, whereby the English came to war with guns and Zulus fought with spears.
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Precis of Information Concerning the Zulu Country, with a Map - 1 views

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    The movement of guns in the Zulu country, Southern African area
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