New Age2.png This Day in History 22 January 1879 The New Age, Johannesburg, 22 January 2016 On Wednesday January 22, 1879, the British Army suffered its greatest defeat in Africa when 24000 Zulu warriors overrun a British camp of 1 700 near Isandlwana Mountain. More than 1 300 of the British force were killed, with only 60 Europeans surviving. The battle that lasted for almost four hours began about 11am. Just under six months into the war, on June 1, 1879 an escort of British troops accompanied by the French Prince Imperial, Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph, a descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte, was ambushed outside Ulundi. Louis was killed in the ensuing skirmish. The short-lived Zulu War of 1879 ended on July 4 at the last ritual battle of Ulundi where the old Zulu order was smashed forever and King Cetshwayo sent into exile. People still gather on the battlefield of Isandlwana to commemorate this day. – <http://www.sahistory.org.za> www.sahistory.org.za From: <http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/22012016/epaperpdf/18.pdf> http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/22012016/epaperpdf/18.pdf -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
