Battle of Gingindlovu

Battle of Gingindlovu (uMgungundlovu)
Part of the Anglo-Zulu War

The final repulse of the Zulus at Ginghilovo, from a sketch supplied by Lieutenant-Colonel J. North Crealock
Date2 April 1879
Location
South bank of the Inyezane River
29°1′29″S 31°35′8″E / 29.02472°S 31.58556°E / -29.02472; 31.58556
Result British victory
Belligerents
 British Empire Zulu Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Lord Chelmsford Somopho kaZikhala[1]
Strength
5,670
2 × 9-pounder guns
4 × 24-pound rocket battery
2 × Gatling Guns
11,000[2]
Casualties and losses
11 killed
62 wounded[2]
1,000+ killed[2]

The Battle of Gingindlovu (uMgungundlovu) was fought on 2 April 1879 between a British relief column sent to break the Siege of Eshowe and a Zulu impi of King Cetshwayo.

  1. ^ Laband 2009, p. 6.
  2. ^ a b c Colenso 1880, p. 384.

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