war between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom fought in the Zulu lands in South Africa in 1879
Documented facts
- Date
- 11 January 1879 (Gregorian) — 4 July 1879 (Gregorian)
- Precision
- Day
- Referenced location
- Zulu Kingdom
- Source coordinates
- -28.2975°, 31.4217°
- Part of
- South African Wars
Referenced participants
Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.
People and command
- Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley — documented participation · Source ↗
- Cetshwayo kaMpande — documented participation · Source ↗
- Redvers Buller — documented participation · Source ↗
- William Francis Butler — documented participation · Source ↗
- Evelyn Wood — documented participation · Source ↗
- Baker Russell — documented participation · Source ↗
- Herbert Stewart — documented participation · Source ↗
- Stanley Colville — documented participation · Source ↗
- Leslie Rundle — documented participation · Source ↗
- Horace Smith-Dorrien — documented participation · Source ↗
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