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Zulu war - Coggle Diagram
Zulu war
British army
16.500 british troops
Planned encircling of Zulu army
Zulu army forced to fight
Lieutenant Frederic Thesiger
Lord Chelmsford
Leads British army
Start invasion 11 january 1879
Buffalo river
Camp Sihayo
Results
Deaths
Around 3000 britains
Around 20.000 africans
Zululand after invasion
Zululand divided in 13 chiefdoms
uniting impossible
British victory
Zulu army
limited logistical capacity
Not very strong
Primal weapons
30.000 africans
Context
Conflict
Border of Zulu
Ultimatum by Bartle Frere
Ignored by Cetshwayo
Zululand invaded
Border of Boers