The siege of Eshowe took place during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. The siege was part of a three-pronged attack on the Zulu Impis of king Cetshwayo at Ulundi. After an incursion as far as Eshowe Colone
Wagons crossing Amatikulu drift on the way to Eshowe
Remains of foundations from the siege fort in Eshowe
Men of the 57th Regiment entrenching a laager.
Fort Pearson was a fortification constructed by the British on the Natal side of the border with Zululand in the lead up to the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. An earthen redoubt on a 300-foot high cliff overloo
View of Fort Pearson, in or before 1880.
A contemporary depiction of the fort showing the river cliffs
Garrison of Fort Pearson at Gatling gun practice, from a photograph
Graves in the Anglo-Zulu War–era cemetery