'ZULU WAR IMAGE. - 6 views
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nzulu313 on 24 Apr 23The British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom engaged in their first significant battle in the Anglo-Zulu War at the Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879. A Zulu arm of roughly 20000 warriors attacked a segment of the British main column made up of about 1800 British, colonial, and native troopswith about 350 civilians, eleven days after the British invaded Zululand in Southern Africa. Despite having far inferior weaponry, the Zulus outnumbered the British and eventually overpowered them, killing almost 1300 soldiers including everyone on the forward firing line. Between 1000 and 3000 Zulu soldiers were slaughtered. The Zulus won the war and as a result the first British invasion in Zululand was defeated.