Battle of Isandlwana (near its borders, involving colonial forces)

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Isandlwana was a major 1879 engagement of the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a devastating defeat on British colonial troops in southern Africa.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Isandlwana	2
Anglo-Zulu War	1
Isandlwana battlefield	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ Zulu Kingdom ⓘ
BritishStrength	approximately 1,700 troops ⓘ
campaign	Lord Chelmsford's central column advance ⓘ
casualties	heavy British casualties ⓘ significant Zulu casualties ⓘ
cause	British ultimatum and invasion of Zululand ⓘ
combatant	British Army ⓘ Natal colonial forces ⓘ Zulu Army ⓘ
commander	Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford ⓘ Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine ⓘ 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ surface form: Lord Chelmsford Mavumengwana kaNdlela Ntuli ⓘ Ntshingwayo kaMahole Khoza ⓘ
commemoratedIn	British military history ⓘ Zulu oral tradition ⓘ
conflict	Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
date	22 January 1879 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Rorke's Drift ⓘ
historicalSignificance	prompted reinforcement of British forces in southern Africa ⓘ shocked British public opinion ⓘ
involves	British regular infantry ⓘ Natal Native Contingent ⓘ Royal Regiment of Artillery ⓘ surface form: Royal Artillery Zulu amabutho regiments ⓘ
location	Colony of Natal ⓘ Isandlwana ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
memorial	Isandlwana battlefield memorials ⓘ
near	Buffalo River ⓘ Battle of Rorke's Drift ⓘ surface form: Rorke's Drift border of Zululand ⓘ
notableFor	devastating defeat of British colonial troops ⓘ worst defeat for British army by indigenous force in 19th century ⓘ
opponent	Zulu Kingdom ⓘ
outcome	decisive Zulu victory ⓘ
partOf	Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
precededBy	Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ surface form: British invasion of Zululand
relatedTo	British colonial expansion in southern Africa ⓘ
result	Zulu victory ⓘ
tactics	Zulu horns of the buffalo formation ⓘ
theatre	Southern Africa ⓘ
year	1879 ⓘ
ZuluStrength	over 20,000 warriors ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zulu people → battle → Battle of Isandlwana (near its borders, involving colonial forces) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Isandlwana

KwaZulu-Natal → hasHistoricalSite → Battle of Isandlwana (near its borders, involving colonial forces) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isandlwana battlefield

Zulu Kingdom → notableEvent → Battle of Isandlwana (near its borders, involving colonial forces) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Isandlwana

Natal Colony → significantEvent → Battle of Isandlwana (near its borders, involving colonial forces) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Zulu War

Natal Colony → significantEvent → Battle of Isandlwana (near its borders, involving colonial forces) ⓘ