Zulukrigen
| Zulukrigen | |||||||
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 Maleri af Slaget ved Rorke's Drift | |||||||
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| Parter | |||||||
 Storbritannien | Zuluer | ||||||
| Ledere | |||||||
| Lord Chelmsford Sir Bartle Frere | Cetshwayo | ||||||
| Styrke | |||||||
| 14,800 (6,400 europæere, 8,400 afrikanere) | 40,000 | ||||||
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| 1,727 dræbte 256 sårede | 8,250+ dræbte 3,000+ sårede | ||||||
Zulukrigen er en krig mellem Storbritannien og zuluerne i Sydafrika i 1879. Zulukrigen er kendt for flere blodige slag. Krigen betød enden på den selvstændige Zulu-nation, og var et vendepunkt i regionens historie.
De britiske soldater blev ledet af Frederic Thesiger, mens zulukrigerne blev ledet af kong Cetshwayo. Krigen blev indledt af briterne for at fjerne truslen mod kronkolonien i Natal. Et af de mest kendte slag i krigen var slaget ved Rorke's Drift den 22.-23. januar. Krigen sluttede med britisk sejr og var årsag til zulustatens opløsning i 1897.
Slag i Zulukrigen
- Slaget ved Isandlwana
- Slaget ved Rorke's Drift
- Slaget ved Intombe
- Slaget ved Hlobane
- Slaget ved Kambula
- Slaget ved Gingindlovu
- Slaget ved Eshowe
- Slaget ved Ulundi
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Alphonse de Neuville - The defence of Rorke's Drift 1879 - Google Art Project.jpg
Painting of the Battle of Rorke's Drift which took place in Natal during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. De Neuville based the painting on eye witness accounts and it depicts several events of the battle occurring at once. Defenders depicted in the painting:
Painting of the Battle of Rorke's Drift which took place in Natal during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. De Neuville based the painting on eye witness accounts and it depicts several events of the battle occurring at once. Defenders depicted in the painting:
- Lieutenant John Chard (to the right at the barrier in pale breeches with rifle)
- Corporal Scammell of the Natal Native Contingent incorrectly shown in the uniform of the 24th or Corporal William Allen (handing cartridges to Chard)
- Corporal Ferdinand Schiess (wearing a bandoleer and stabbing a Zulu at the barrier with his bayonet)
- Chaplain George Smith (bearded man handing out cartridges from a haversack)
- Acting Assistant Commissary James Dalton (sat in foreground with a wounded shoulder)
- Surgeon James Reynolds (attending to Dalton's wound)
- Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead (standing in the centre of the painting pointing to his left)
- Private Frederick Hitch (standing behind Bromhead)
- Private Henry Hook (carrying Private John Connolly on his back away from the burning hospital)
- Assistant Commissary Walter Dunne (to the left holding a biscuit box)