The Battle of Isandlwana, fought on 22 January 1879, was the second major encounter of the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Eleven days after Britain invaded the Zulu Kingdom, a Zulu force of about 20,000 warriors attacked a portion of the British main column of roughly 1,800 British, colonial and native troops, and inflicted a decisive defeat, killing more than 1,300 of the British and allied force for an estimated 1,000 to 3,000 Zulu dead. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Battle TypePitched battle (ambush of a marching column) 1 LocationIsandlwana, Zulu Kingdom (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) 1 Battle Type
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Eleven days after the British invaded the Zulu Kingdom in Southern Africa, a Zulu force of some 20,000 warriors attacked a portion of the British main column consisting of approximately 1,800 British, colonial and native troops with approximately 350 civilians.
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the second major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom
Infobox: Result
Zulu victory
Infobox: Date
22 January 1879
Part Of: Anglo-Zulu War, Infobox: part_of
the Anglo-Zulu War
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Wikidata Q747589, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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