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    11 Jan - Anglo-Zulu War Begins

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    Post by Kitkat Sat 11 Jan 2020, 12:18

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    Anglo-Zulu War Begins

    11 Jan - Anglo-Zulu War Begins D%c3%a9fense_de_Rorke%27s_Drift
    Detail of a painting depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift

    The Anglo-Zulu War was fought between the British Empire and the Zulu nation.  It began when Zulu king Cetshwayo, determined to resist European advances into his territory, rejected British demands to disband his troops.  The British attacked, and Cetshwayo routed them at Isandlwana with a disciplined army of 40,000, but his forces were utterly defeated at Ulundi, with 1,500 Zulus, compared to 13 Britons, killed in the final battle.  The British then burned the town and did what to Cetshwayo?  [url=https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Anglo-Zulu+War[/url]



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