Shangani Patrol
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The Shangani Patrol was a 37-soldier unit of the British South Africa Company that in 1893 was ambushed and annihilated by over 3,000 Matabele warriors in pre-Southern Rhodesia, during the First Matab
There Were No Survivors, an 1896 depiction of the patrol's last stand, by Allan Stewart (1865–1951)
The Shangani Memorial, which was erected at World's View in the Matopos Hills in 1904
King Lobengula of Matabeleland (a posthumous depiction, based on a contemporary sketch)
Route of the Shangani Patrol
First Chimurenga
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The First Chimurenga, also known as the Second Matabele War, was fought between 1896 and 1897 in the region that later became Southern Rhodesia. The conflict was initially between the British South Af
Depiction of Burnham and Armstrong after the assassination of Mlimo. Matabele warriors in hot pursuit, drawn by Frank Dadd.
Sketch by Robert Baden-Powell of a Ndebele warrior
Rhodes makes peace with the Ndebele in Matobo Hills, 1896; sketch by Baden-Powell
Baden-Powell's sketch of Chief of Scouts Burnham, Matobo Hills, 1896