The Battle of Blood River was fought on 16 December 1838 on the bank of the Ncome River in what is now KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, between 464 Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 Zulu warriors of King Dingane's army. The Voortrekkers, fighting from a fortified wagon laager, inflicted heavy losses on the Zulu force, estimated at more than 3,000 killed, while suffering only a handful of men lightly wounded. 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 TypeDefensive wagon-laager battle 1 LocationNcome River (Blood River), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1 Battle Type
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The Battle of Blood River, or Voortrekker–Zulu War, (16 December 1838) 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.
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Source Wikipedia: Battle of Blood RiverLead sentence 1tier 2Quote, Lead sentence 1
The Battle of Blood River, or Voortrekker–Zulu War, (16 December 1838) 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.
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fought on the bank of the Ncome River, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Voortrekker victory
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16 December 1838
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