Anglo-Zulu War
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The Anglo-Zulu War, or simply the Zulu War, was fought in present-day South Africa from January to early July 1879 between forces of the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Two famous battles of the
Bartle Frere
Hicks Beach
The Last Stand at Isandlwana, painting by Charles Edwin Fripp (1854–1906)
The Battle of Rorke's Drift by Alphonse de Neuville. The British defense of the small hospital station was a morale boost for the British Empire.
Cetshwayo
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Cetshwayo kaMpande was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1873 to 1884 and its Commander in Chief during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. His name has been rendered as Cetywayo, Cetewayo or Cetshwayo. Cetsh
Anglo-Zulu War
…states of the South African Republic and the Zulu Kingdom. Frere, on his own initiative, sent a provocative ultimatum on 11 December 1878 to Zulu King Cetshwayo. Upon its rejection, he ordered Lord Chelmsford to invade Zululand. The war had several particularly bloody battles, including an opening victory for…
Photograph of Cetshwayo by Alexander Bassano in Old Bond Street, London, c. 1882
Cetshwayo (called Cettiwayo in the caption) in Cape Town, shortly after his capture in the Anglo-Zulu War
Cetshwayo visited England in 1882 when this portrait was painted by Karl Rudolf Sohn.