Xhosa Wars
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The Xhosa Wars were a series of nine wars between the Xhosa Kingdom and the British Empire as well as Trekboers from the Dutch colonial empire in what is now the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
A column of Xhosa warriors, crossing a ravine in the frontier mountains
Sir Andries Stockenström, 1st Baronet, and veteran of several Xhosa wars
The Fengu ("Fingoes"), known across southern Africa as skilled gunmen, were invaluable allies of the Cape Colony in its frontier wars.
Shoot-out between Xhosa and a British army column.
General Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, was a British Army officer who rose to prominence during the Anglo-Zulu War, when an expeditionary force under his command suffered a decisive
Xhosa Wars
…beginning a final stage of guerrilla warfare. Cunynghame was meanwhile removed from his authority by London, and his replacement, Lieutenant General Thesiger took over command. The Amatola Range had served as a mountain stronghold for Xhosa insurgents many times before, with its vast, dark, creeper-entwined…
Frederic Thesiger by Lock & Whitfield, c. 1877
Lord Chelmsford sketched by another officer at the Battle of Ulundi
Defeat at Isandlwana
Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London