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The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between Britain and the Zulus, and signalled the end of the Zulus as an independent nation. It had complex beginnings, some bad decisions, bloody battles that caused the British to engage earlier than they intended, but played out a common story of colonialism. Anglo-Zulu War - Background. Disputes as to the causes of the war which broke out on January 11, 1879 concerned, chiefly, the occupied territory which in 1854 was proclaimed the republic of Utrecht, and the Boers ...

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Main articles: Battle of Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, Siege of Eshowe, Battle of Hlobane and Battle of Kambula Cetshwayo returned no answer, and in January 1879 a British force under Lieutenant general Frederick Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford invaded Zululand. Lord Chelmsford had under him a force of 5000 Europeans and 8200 Africans; 3000 of the latter were employed in guarding the frontier of Natal; another force of 1400 Europeans and 400 Africans were stationed in the Utrecht district. Three columns were to invade Zululand, from the Lower Tugela, Rorke's Drift, and Utrecht respectiv ...

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Anglo-Zulu War, Anglo-Zulu War - Background, Anglo-Zulu War - The Ultimatum, Anglo-Zulu War - British invasion, Anglo-Zulu War - Defeat of the Zulu, Anglo-Zulu War - Aftermath, Anglo-Zulu War - Anglo-Zulu war in film

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Disputes as to the causes of the war which broke out on January 11, 1879 concerned, chiefly, the occupied territory which in 1854 was proclaimed the republic of Utrecht, and the Boers who had settled there, who had that year obtained a deed of cession from king Mpande. In 1860 a Boer commission was appointed to beacon the boundary, and to obtain from the Zulu, if possible, a road to the sea at St Lucia ...

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Anglo-Zulu War, Anglo-Zulu War - Background, Anglo-Zulu War - The Ultimatum, Anglo-Zulu War - British invasion, Anglo-Zulu War - Defeat of the Zulu, Anglo-Zulu War - Aftermath, Anglo-Zulu War - Anglo-Zulu war in film

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A commission was appointed by the lieutenant-governor of Natal in February 1878 to report on the boundary question. The commission reported in July, and found almost entirely in favour of the contention of the Zulu. Sir Henry Bartle Frere, then High Commissioner, who thought the award one-sided and unfair to the Boers (Martineau, Life of Frere, ii. xix.), stipulated that, on the land being given to the Zulu, the Boers living on it should be compensated if they left, or protected if they remained. Cetshwayo (who now found no defender in Natal save Bishop Colenso) was in a defiant mood, and permitted outrages ...

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After this battle the Zulu army dispersed, most of the leading chiefs tendered their submission, and Cetshwayo became a fugitive. On the 28th August the king was captured and sent to Cape Town. (It is said that scouts spotted the water-carriers of the King, distinctive because the water was carried above, not upon, their heads). His deposition was formally announced to the Zulu, and Wolseley drew up a new scheme for the government of the country. The Chaka dynasty was deposed, and the Zulu country portioned among eleven Zulu chiefs, including Cetshwayo and one of his sons Usibepu, John Dunn, a white adventurer, and Hlubi, a Basuto ...

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Anglo-Zulu War, Anglo-Zulu War - Background, Anglo-Zulu War - The Ultimatum, Anglo-Zulu War - British invasion, Anglo-Zulu War - Defeat of the Zulu, Anglo-Zulu War - Aftermath, Anglo-Zulu War - Anglo-Zulu war in film

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Main article: Battle of Ulundi By the middle of April nearly all the reinforcements had reached Natal, and Lord Chelmsford reorganized his forces. The 1st division, under major-general Crealock, advanced along the coast belt and was destined to act as a support to the 2nd division, under major-general Newdigate, which with Wood's flying column, an independent unit, was to march on Ulundi from Rorke's Drift and Kambula. Owing to difficulties of transport it was the beg ...

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Anglo-Zulu War, Anglo-Zulu War - Background, Anglo-Zulu War - The Ultimatum, Anglo-Zulu War - British invasion, Anglo-Zulu War - Defeat of the Zulu, Anglo-Zulu War - Aftermath, Anglo-Zulu War - Anglo-Zulu war in film

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