The Battle of Hlobane (28 March 1879) took place at Hlobane, near the modern town of Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War....
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Hlobane is a town in Zululand District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Coal-mining centre 27 km east of Vryheid and 31 km...
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Kambula, having routed the mounted element of the British force at the Battle of Hlobane the day before. The battle was a decisive Zulu defeat and the Zulu...
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Cetshwayo (category History of KwaZulu-Natal)
the Battle of Intombe and the Battle of Hlobane. However, the British follow-up victories at Rorke's Drift and Kambula prevented a total collapse of the...
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Expedition Battle of Balaclava Battle of Arnhem Battle of Elandslaagte Battle of Guillemont Battle of Hill 70 Battle of Hlobane Battle of Intombe Battle of Jutland...
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John Cecil Russell (category British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War)
Column. He led a force at the 28 March Battle of Hlobane but was criticised for his perceived abandonment of a force under Redvers Buller who were attacked...
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in the battles of the late 19th century. Before the mechanization of troop formations, most rearguard tactics originally contemplated the use of cavalry...
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Redvers Buller (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George)
1879 the column met defeat at the Battle of Hlobane. Buller was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery during this battle. The following day he participated...
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resistance removed, they were able to advance and relieve Eshowe. The Battle of Hlobane was a total disaster for the British; 15 officers and 110 men were...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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Shaka (redirect from Zulu wars of conquest)
major victory at the Battle of Isandlwana was the most prominent one, but they also forced back a British column at the Battle of Hlobane, by deploying fast-moving...
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defeat on them at the Battle of Isandlwana, in which more than 1,300 British and colonial forces were killed. Immediately after the battle, Zulu troops moved...
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Ngidi (category Surnames of African origin)
the last battle at Hlobane were the Ngidis were defeated and MNguni lost his eldest son Mteli after four days of battle night and day at Hlobane mountain...
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War I – Western Front Battle of Hilli – 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Battle of Hlobane – 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War Battle of Höchst – 1622 – Thirty...
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1879 Battle of Ulundi - the final battle of the Anglo-Zulu War as well as the earlier battles of Hlobane and Kambula. Paget, Henry (1982). A History of the...
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conducting. March 28 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Hlobane: British forces suffer a defeat. March 29 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat...
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John Vaughan Campbell (category British Battle of the Somme recipients of the Victoria Cross)
Campbell (1848–1879), was the second son of the 2nd Earl Cawdor and an army captain, was killed at the Battle of Hlobane in the Zulu War in 1879. He was educated...
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Edward Stevenson Browne (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot during the Anglo-Zulu War when the following deed took place on 29 March 1879 at the battle of Hlobane, South Africa for which...
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1879 in the United Kingdom (category Years of the 19th century in the United Kingdom)
son of Queen Victoria, to Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia. 28 March – Anglo-Zulu War: British forces suffer a defeat at the Battle of Hlobane. 29...
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Edmund Fowler (category Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross)
1879 at the Battle of Hlobane, South Africa, Private Fowler, with a captain and a lieutenant (Henry Lysons) dashed forward in advance of the party which...
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and Defeat, Hlobane and Kambula, 1879. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-201-7. Martineau, John (1895). The Life and Correspondence of the Sir Bartle...
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a lieutenant colonel won the Victoria Cross in retreat after the Battle of Hlobane in the Anglo-Zulu War. Buller died on 2 June 1908, at the family seat...
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UHamu kaNzibe (category Year of birth uncertain)
Civil War of 1883–1884. South Africa portal Battle of Hlobane Carolyn Hamilton, Terrific Majesty: The Powers of Shaka Zulu and the Limits of Historical...
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big role in the coming wars. During the Battle of Hlobane and the Battle of Kambula of the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879, the abaQulusi were commanded by the...
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William Leet (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
Anglo-Zulu War when the following deed took place on 28 March 1879 at Battle of Hlobane, Zululand, South Africa for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross:...
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Frontier Light Horse (category Military units and formations of the British Empire)
Hlobane on 28 March 1879 where 20% of the 156 members were lost. Captain Barton, the commanding officer was killed. They then served in the battle of...
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with the Zulu. The film shows the British defeat at the Battle of Hlobane and the arrival of reinforcements, including Napoléon, the French Prince Imperial...
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12 March 1879 Battle of Hlobane 28 March 1879 Battle of Kambula 29 March 1879 Battle of Gingindlovu (uMgungundlovu) 2 April 1879 Siege of Eshowe 22 January...
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Cecil D'Arcy (category Anglo-Zulu War recipients of the Victoria Cross)
Lieutenant Frederick Carrington. At the Battle of Hlobane on 28 March 1879, his unit acted as the rearguard and 20% of the 156 members were killed. D'Arcy...
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Noel Park (category Districts of the London Borough of Haringey)
Battle of Hlobane, 1879 Darwin Road: Charles Darwin, naturalist and early investor in the Artizans Company Dovecote Avenue: On the site of the original...
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