Isandlwana
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History
This mountain has historical significance. 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Zulu force was primarily under the command of Ntshingwayo kaMahole Khoza. The battle was one of the worst defeats suffered by the British Army during the Victorian era.
Isandlwana hill (28°21′32″S 30°39′9″E) rises Script error: No such module "convert". due east of Rorke's Drift, a ford on the Buffalo River, a tributary of the Tugela River.
See also
- Battle of Isandlwana
- List of mountains in South Africa
- SAS Isandlwana (F146) - a Valour-class frigate of the South African Navy
References
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- ↑ John Wells: the symbol ɮ. John Wells's phonetic blog, 19. September 2012.
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica (1950), v.12, 703.
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