The Battle of Khambula, fought on the 29th March 1879, was the turning point in the Anglo-Zulu War.

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The Battle of Khambula 29th March 1879

On the hilltop at Khambula in north western Zululand, an army of 20,000 Zulus charged 2,000 British.

The pride of the Zulu army - those warriors who had inflicted that famous defeat on the British at Isandlwana - flung themselves against the entrenched British position.

But unlike that defeat, this time the British commander, Colonel Sir Evelyn Wood - a man who had been awarded the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny and who had survived being trampled by a giraffe- was ready for his Zulu enemy.

Laagering his wagons on high ground, he sent out his mounted forces under Colonel Redvers Buller to goad the Zulus into attacking before they were ready.

The British redcoats then laid down a withering fire on a narrow front.
Despite using captured Martini Henry rifles from Isandlwana, the Zulus couldn’t break through.

And as the exhausted Zulus finally broke Wood’s cavalry pursued them for miles until nightfall.

The left behind 1,500 of their comrades dead.

It ripped the heart out of King Cetshwayo’s army and he would never again field an army of this size until the final battle at Ulundi.

When was the battle of Khambula? 29th March 1879

Where was the battle of Khambula? North west Zululand (South Africa)

Which British army regiments fought at the battle of Khambula?
Royal Artillery - 6 x 7lb guns, plus two rocket batteries.
Royal Engineers
1/13 (Somerset) Light Infantry (7 companies)
90th Light Infantry
Mounted Infantry

Colonial forces:
Baker’s Horse
Border Horse
Frontier Light Horse
Kaffrarian Rifles
Mounted Basutos
Raaf’s Transvaal Rangers
Wood’s irregulars

British commander at Khambula: Colonel Sir Evelyn Wood VC

Anglo Zulu War Timeline:

11Jan 1879 British invade Zululand after King Cetshwayo ignores ultimatum
22 Jan 1879 Zulus defeat British at battle of Isandlwana
22-23 Jan 1879 Defence of Rorke's Drift
12 Mar 1879 Zulu victory at Intombe
28 Mar 1879 Third Zulu victory of the war at Hlobane
29 Mar 1879 British achieve decisiive victory at Khambula
2 Apr 1879 Further British victory at Gingindlovu
1 June 1879 Prince Imperial ambushed & killed
4 July 1879 Final Zulu defeat at the battle of Ulundi


Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:40 Zulu War Videos
3:06 Battle of Hlobane
5:29 Evelyn Wood Prepares
5:59 British Army
6:29 Khambula Camp
8:21 The Zulu Army
9:31 Waiting
10:23 Zulus Arrive
11:26 Battle Starts
12:33 Ride For Your Lives
15:21 Right Horn Attacks
16:30 Left Horn Attacks
18:30 Zulu Rifles
20:06 Chest Attacks
20:56 90th Counter Attack
22:13 Zulu Defeat
23:44 Controversial Victory
25:56 Battle of Khambula Importance


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