Picture No | 10269761 |
Date | 29th March 1879 |
Description | Battle of Kambula Hill |
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The battle of Kambula, one of the less well-known battles during the Zulu Wars. The sketch shows the laager of wagons behind an entrenchment on the left, and in front the British tents lying on the ground; in the centre of the image is a line of British soldiers and the redoubt with guns on the summit, with the cattle laager to the right. Zulus are attacking from the plain.
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Source | Engraving from a sketch by Mr Melton Prior, in The Illustrated London News, 24th May 1879 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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