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Name Meaning Date Raised Age Group Birth Years Ama-Wombe Single Clash: 1816: 1775-1785 U-Kangela Look-out: 1816: 1785-1790 Izin-Tenjana ezakala O-Ngoye [a]: 1818-1819
The next day 20,000 Zulu warriors [l] attacked Wood's 2,068 men in a well-fortified camp at Kambula, apparently without Cetshwayo's permission. The British held them off in the Battle of Kambula and after five hours of heavy attacks the Zulus withdrew with heavy losses but were pursued by British mounted troops, who killed many more fleeing and ...
Zulu warriors were armed primarily with assegai thrusting spears, known in Zulu as iklwa, knobkierrie clubs, some throwing spears and shields made of cowhide. [42] The Zulu warrior, his regiment and the army drilled in the personal and tactical use and coordination of this weapons system.
The Zulu tactics again prevailed, pressing their attack when the Ndwandwe army was divided during the crossing of the Mhlatuze River. Zulu warriors arrived at the Ndwande King Zwide's headquarters near present-day Nongoma before news of the defeat, and approached the camp singing Ndwandwe victory songs to gain entry. Zwide fled with some of his ...
The uSuthu were the royalist faction in Zululand, more specifically they were the followers of Cetshwayo.The young Zulu warriors who clustered around prince Cetshwayo in 1856 during the Second Zulu Civil War formed the core of the uSuthu. [1]
On 22 January 1879, Isandlwana was the site of the Battle of Isandlwana, where approximately 22,000 Zulu warriors defeated a contingent of approximately 1,750 British and African troops in one of the first engagements of the Anglo-Zulu War. [citation needed] The Zulu force was primarily under the command of Ntshingwayo kaMahole Khoza.
Utimuni was a 19th-century warrior of the Zulu tribe and nephew of the king Shaka. He commanded one of his uncle's regiments during the Ndwandwe–Zulu War. [1]
The leading warriors fell to volley fire from the 13th Light Infantry in the south face of the laager and the shrapnel and case shot from the four British guns in the laager and the two in the redoubt. [11] More and more Zulu got into the ravine, about 100 yd (91 m) from the cattle kraal.