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	Battle of Hlobane at AllExperts
		The Battle of Hlobane was a battle of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
		An attack on Hlobane began on the 24th, but was scrapped when Wood learnt of the disaster at Isandlwana.
		Hlobane consisted of two plateaux, the lower and smaller of which rose to a height of about 850 feet at the eastern end of the 4-mile-long nek connecting it to Zunguin to the south-west.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/ba/battle_of_hlobane.htm (1543 words)

	Battle of Kambula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of Kambula took place in 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War.
		Following the disaster at Hlobane on March 28, Colonel Eveyln Wood’s forces prepared to receive an attack by the entire Zulu impi, of which they had only previously encountered the leading sections.
		The Frontier Light Horse men singled abaQulusi warriors for their special attention, chasing them as far as Hlobane and extracting a savage revenge for their comrades killed the day before at the Battle of Hlobane.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Kambula (1284 words)

	Battle of Hlobane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Hlobane was a battle of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
		An attack on Hlobane began on the 24th, but was scrapped when Wood learnt of the disaster at Isandlwana.
		Hlobane consisted of two plateaux, the lower and smaller of which rose to a height of about 850 feet at the eastern end of the 4-mile-long nek connecting it to Zunguin to the south-west.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Hlobane (1535 words)

	Anglo-Zulu War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Disputes as to the causes of the war which broke out on January 11, 1879 concerned, chiefly, the occupied territory which in 1854 was proclaimed the republic of Utrecht, and the Boers who had settled there, who had that year obtained a deed of cession from king Mpande.
		On 2 April the main camp was attacked at Gingingdlovu (In the Zulu language it means Swallower of the Elephant, for the British foreigners it was "Gin, Gin, I love you"), the Zulu being repulsed.
		The battle ended in a decisive victory for the British, whose losses were about 100, while of the Zulu some 1500 men were lost to the battle.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anglo-Zulu_War (2403 words)

	Hlobane and Kambula Anglo/Zulu War of 1879Natal Battlefields Route
		The battle of Isandlwana cost Lord Chelmsford his entire central column and all his supplies and a hundred more men died on March 12th when a convoy was surprised by the Zulus at the Intombi river.
		Voortrekker Piet Uys had both his brother and his father killed at the battle of Italeni and was keen to avenge their deaths.
		At Hlobane, Uys and some 100 of his burgers were killed by the Zulus.
	www.warthog.co.za /dedt/tourism/battlefields/print/hlobane.htm (468 words)

	Anglo-Zulu War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Disputes of the causes of the war which broke out on January 11, 1879 concerned, chiefly, territory which in 1854 was proclaimed the republic of Utrecht, the Boers who had settled there having in that year obtained a deed of cession from king Mpande.
		On the 2nd of April the main camp was attacked at Gingingdlovu (In the Zulu language it means Swallower of the Elephant, for the British it was "Gin, Gin, I love you"), the Zulu being repulsed.
		The battle ended in a decisive victory for the British, whose losses were about 100, while of the Zulu some 1500 men were killed.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/an/anglo_zulu_war.html (2281 words)

	Anglo-Zulu War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It had complex beginnings, some bad decisions, bloody battles that caused the British to engage earlier than they intended, but played out a common story of colonialism.
		A concession was granted by the British until January 11, 1879, after which a state of war was deemed to exist.
		After this battle the Zulu army dispersed, most of the leading chiefs tendered their submission, and Cetshwayo became a fugitive.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anglo-Zulu_War (2403 words)

	Attractions in the Babanango Area of Zululand
		The Battle of Rorke's Drift (22/23 January 1879) was a gallant defense by a small garrison force of 152 British soldiers, part of the Centre Column, against seemingly overwhelming odds of between 3000 and 4000 Zulus.
		The battle of Hlobane (28 March 1879) was where the British force of the No 4 Column under Col. Sir Evelyn Wood was touted by the Zulus in a spectacular running Battle which lasted the entire day in which 93 British were killed.
		Battle of Ulundi (4 July 1879) was the final Battle of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
	www.babanangovalley.co.za /attrachist_lodge.html (1219 words)

	Siege of Ladysmith, Spioenkop, Wagon Hill, Colenso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Several fierce battles were fought south of the town.
		Colenso: The first major battle for the relief of Ladysmith, was fought on 15 December on the southern banks of the Thukela River, 25 km south of the town.
		Fierce battles were fought on the banks of the Thukela for several days.
	www.zarcoins.com /html/ladysmith.html (874 words)

	Battlefields in South Africa
		It is generally accepted that the Battle of Colenso was the first-ever to be recorded for posterity on cine- film.
		Collectively known as the Battle of Thukela Heights, these hard-fought victories were ultimately crowned with British re-occupation of the town by nightfall on the 26th.
		This followed the Battle of Blood River Poort, southwest of Vryheid, on 17 September 1901, where the British failed to prevent Louis Botha's commandos breaking through from the Transvaal.
	www.antbear.de /english/information/battlefields-south-africa.htm (3162 words)

	Siege of Ladysmith, Spioenkop, Wagon Hill, Colenso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Colenso: The first major battle for the relief of Ladysmith, was fought on 15 December on the southern banks of the Thukela River, 25 km south of the town.
		At the request of the British, a small memorial was erected on the hillside in honour of Reverend J.D. Kestell who, during the battle, 'brought succour to friend and foe alike'.
		Fierce battles were fought on the banks of the Thukela for several days.
	about-south-africa.com /html/ladysmith.html (874 words)

	Anglo-Zulu War - Victory and defeat for the Zulu military machine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		At Hlobane, Nkambula, Eshowe and Gingindlovu the British won fairly important victories prior to the three epic battles (Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift and Ulundi) with which the war is generally associated.
		Fugitive's Drift: For the few survivors of the battle of Isandlwana the nearest point of safety was the British fort at Helpmekaar on the plateau of the Biggarsberg, approximately 30 km to the west, beyond the Buffalo River.
		On the day of the battle of Isandlwana, 34 soldiers were being nursed in the makeshift hospital.
	www.about-south-africa.com /html/anglo-zulu_war.html (1149 words)

	Battle of Kambula information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Following the disaster at Hlobane on March 28, Colonel Eveyln Wood’s forces prepared to receive an attack by the entire Zulu impi, of which they had only previously encountered the leading sections.
		Wood also now received information that the impi was nearly 25,000 men strong, consisting of regiments that had already defeated the British at Isandlwana and other battles and that many of the Zulus were armed with rifles taken from the British dead at these battles.
		The Frontier Light Horse men singled abaQulusi warriors for their special attention, chasing them as far as Hlobane and extracting a savage revenge for their comrades killed the day before at the Battle of Hlobane.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Battle_of_Kambula (1291 words)

	The Battle of Khambula - The Zulu War
		The Ntombi massacre prompted Evelyn Wood to launch a full attack on Hlobane Mountain, urged on by Lord Chelmsford, who needed Wood to provide a diversion in the North as he prepared to march to the relief of Colonel Pearson’s column in its fortified camp at Eshowe near the coast in Southern Zululand.
		The failure of the Hlobane attack severely affected the morale of the rest of Wood’s column, many of the remaining natives and Boer volunteers leaving for home.
		Follow-up: The battle at Khambula significantly reduced the ability of the Zulus to resist the British invasion of Cetshwayo’s Zululand kingdom.
	www.britishbattles.com /zulu-war/khambula.htm (1993 words)

	Zululand History and the KwaZulu Natal Battlefields
		The location of the Battle of Italeni, where the Boer Vlug Kommando (Fight Commando) were routed by the Zulu's, is not known.
		The consequence was that the British suffered their worst defeat ever in the history of their Colonial warfare: the casualties amounted to 907 white soldiers and 471 of the 800 fl soldiers fighting on the side of the British, a total of 1329 men.
		Is the sight where most of the British fleeing from the Battle of Isandlwana were to cross the flooded Buffalo River.
	www.babanangovalley.co.za /rockpools/attractions_hist.html (1163 words)

	isandlwana Thoughts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		After twice reading the chapter about the Battle of Hlobane Mountain in "Washing of the Spears" and even visiting the battlesite in South Africa, my understanding of this elusive battle was still weak.
		Even the aftermath of the battle proves to be quite good as the authors' researched revealed many aspects of interest.
		Isandlwana was one of the most famous battles in the British colonial wars, sort of a Zulu War equivalent of the American Battle of the Little Big Horn, with the supposedly inferior "natives" overwhelming the "civilized" military force.
	www.book-thoughts.com /book/isandlwana.html (2035 words)

	List of battles 1801-1900 at AllExperts
		* 1827 Battle of Monte Santiago - A naval division of the Brazilian Imperial Navy is attacked by Argentinenans vessels.
		Battle** of Debre Tabor February 7 - Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
		Battle** of Takusa April 12 - The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats an allied army from the provinces of Tigray, Wollo, Yejju, and Gojjam led by Dejazmach Biru Aligaz of Yejju.
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/li/list_of_battles_1801-1900.htm (12694 words)

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		In addition to the graves of those killed in battle in 1881 there are a number of graves of members of the Devonshire Regiment buried here in 1900.
		In 1879, the horrible aftermath of the Battles of Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift shattered the peace of the little settlement of Newcastle, leaving half of the women widowed.
		With this as background and as a prelude to the annexation of the Transvaal in 1877, the building of a fort at Newcastle was of the utmost importance to the British - especially as Newcastle was regarded as the main strategic military focal point in northern Natal.
	www.icon.co.za /~dup42/toer05.htm (7481 words)

	Zulu Wars
		Battle of Inyezane, Siege of Eshowe, Battle of Gingindlovu
		The Battles of Hlobane and Kambula [28 and 29 March 1879
		Battle of Hlobane - Anglo Zulu War of 1879
	www.historyofwaronline.com /ZuluWar.html (164 words)

	Battle of Hlobane - Anglo Zulu War of 1879 South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Battle of Hlobane (28 March 1879) was where the British force of the No 4 Column under Col. Sir Evelyn Wood was taunted by the Zulus in a spectacular running Battle which lasted the entire day -- 93 British soldiers were killed.
		The Hlobane Battlefield is a close second to the Isandlwana Battlefield in terms of atmosphere -- once you are walking around on the mountain, the time clock seems to turn back easily to 1879.
		The Battle of Hlobane was fought the day before the Battle of Khambula.
	www.ecotravel.co.za /regions/battlefields/anglo-zulu-war/battle-of-hlobane.htm (315 words)

	rorkesdriftvc.com - Discussion Forum
		I tend to think of Zunguin as part of Hlobane itself, which of course is not technically correct as they are separate mountains but as Z/Nek played its part in the battle of Hlobane later on, I think of it all as one range.
		Certainly I think the juxtaposition of the two battles of 28th and 29th and the news of the second more or less submerging the first are a much more justifiable target than the accusation that R/Drift was overblown to take attention from Isandlwana.
		The moment when Wood and his party, having finally descended the Zunguin on the 22nd January and sat themselves around their campfire under Hlobane mountain that night, suddenly heard the guns at Isandlwana in the still of the evening was surely one of the more "interesting" moments of the campaign.
	www.rorkesdriftvc.com /discussion.php?topid=12021&forid=1 (1032 words)

	Anglo Zulu War of 1879 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Set in a time when Britain was rapidly expanding her colonial interests, the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 remains one of the most dramatic in both British and South African history, and has been immortalised in at least two feature films, Zulu and Zulu Dawn.
		Wood's men attacked a local Zulu stronghold - Hlobane mountain - on 28 March, but were surprised by the unexpected arrival of the main Zulu army, and scattered.
		Battle of Nyezane on the Tugela River (22 January 1879)
	www.ecotravel.co.za /regions/battlefields/anglo-zulu-war/1879.htm (923 words)

	Battle of Hlobane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Hlobane mountain was a natural fortress rising 600 feet above the plain below.
		Colonel Evelyn Wood, commanding the Northern Column, had been asked by Chelmsford to demonstrate to the north in order to draw part of what he considered to be the entire Zulu army from Pearson’s besieged garrison at Eshowe.
		Battles themselves have limited interest, but he brings the characters involved on both sides to life and relating information found in trunks and archives, his audience is spell-bound.
	www.fairgren.com /travellers2/process/articlepage.php?storycode=rg0006 (875 words)

	Shaka Summary
		Most battles before this time were to settle disputes, and while the appearance of the impi (fighting unit) dramatically changed warfare at times, it largely remained a matter of seasonal raiding, political pressures rather than outright slaughter.
		Historians like Morris state that Shaka's first major battle against Zwide of the Ndwandwe was the Battle of Gqokli Hill, on the Mfolozi river.
		Their major victory at the Battle of Isandlwana is well known, but they also forced back a British column at the Battle of Hlobane mountain, deploying fast moving regiments over a wide area in the rugged ravines and gulleys while the British were on the move.
	www.bookrags.com /Shaka (5818 words)

	The Anglo Zulu War 1879 - Holts Battlefield Tours
		And yet the battles between Queen Victoria's red coated battalions and the lightly armed Zulu forces have remained in the memory of both adversaries as few other Imperial events have done.
		The scenery is beautiful and we visit all the battle sites of the war, discussing the men and armies, study the battle tactics of both sides including the defence of Rorke's Drift, the problems, successes and failures.
		We study the events of the battle of Isandlwana, 22 January 1879 from the Ngwebeni Valley to Isandlwana Mountain, Black's Koppie and Durnford's donga.
	www.holts.co.uk /ht311.html (607 words)

	--[GetawaytoAfrica.com - Getaway magazine]--
		Both, and the lesser-known Battle of Hlobane, can be chalked up to the Zulus but, by the time the fighting reached the royal Zulu kraal at Ulundi in June 1879, the power struggle had turned the other way.
		His reign was a period of upheaval and embittered battles between various clans, and when Dingiswayo died in 1818, Shaka rapidly took control.
		Shaka's battles raged on and it is said that during his campaign against Zwide, chief of the Nswandwe clan, he destroyed almost every living creature south of the White Mfolozi.
	www.getawaytoafrica.com /content/magazine/features/feature.asp?id=1082&fe_page=2 (491 words)

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