Battle of Ulundi

Battle of Ulundi
Battle of kwaNodwengu
Battle of oCwecweni[1]
Part of Anglo-Zulu War

The Burning of oNdini
Date4 July 1879
Location
Result

British victory

Belligerents
British Empire Zulu Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Lord Chelmsford Ziwedu kaMpande[2]
Strength
4,200 British[a]
1,000 Africans
2 Gatling Guns
10 cannons
12,000–15,000[b]
Casualties and losses
13–18 killed[3]
69–89 wounded[c]
473 killed[d]
1,000+ wounded[e]

The Battle of Ulundi took place at the Zulu capital of Ulundi (Zulu: oNdini) on 4 July 1879 and was the last major battle of the Anglo-Zulu War. The British army broke the military power of the Zulu nation by defeating the main Zulu army and immediately afterwards capturing and burning the royal kraal of oNdini.

  1. ^ Laband 2009, pp. 292–294, page 293, Ulundi, Battle of (1879).
  2. ^ Laband 2009, pp. 5–6, Anglo-Zulu War (1879).
  3. ^ Knight 2005, p. 59.


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