Battle of Inyezane

Battle of Inyezane
Part of the Anglo-Zulu War
Date22 January 1879
Location
North bank of the Inyezane River
28°57′2″S 31°32′36″E / 28.95056°S 31.54333°E / -28.95056; 31.54333
Result British victory
Belligerents
 British Empire Zulu Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Charles Pearson Godide kaNdlela[1]
Strength
2,400 (1,000 Europeans)
2 × 7-pounder guns
1 × 24-pound rocket battery
1 × Gatling Gun[2]
6,000[3]
Casualties and losses
10 Europeans and 5 NNC killed[4]
16[5] - 20 wounded[6]
300+[4] or 400-600 killed[6]
2 prisoners[5]

Battle of Inyezane, British victory during the early phase of the Anglo-Zulu war.

  1. ^ Knight 2013, p. 8.
  2. ^ Knight 2013, p. 30.
  3. ^ Knight 2003, p. 30.
  4. ^ a b Laband 2009, p. 207-208.
  5. ^ a b Thompson 2006, p. 80.
  6. ^ a b Knight 2013, p. 43.