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| | Zulu Mountain Trap Sprung |
 | | At the outset of the Anglo-Zulu War, the British governor of Cape Colony and high commissioner for native affairs in South Africa, Sir Henry Edward Bartle Frere, and his military commander, General Chelmsford, had formulated their plan for the invasion of Zululand. |
 | | In March 1879, the Anglo-Zulu War was well into its third month, and two of the three British columns advancing into Zululand were stalled--one defeated at Isandlwana, the other surrounded and under siege at Eshowe. |
 | | Wood's goal was the destruction of the stronghold of the abaQulusi, a Nguni clan allied with the Zulus, located on a mountain 20 miles to the southeast, known as Hlobane (pronounced "shlo-BAH-nyeh"). |
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