Zulu War Battle of Ulundi,
one of the major battles in the Zulu war, military art prints by Cranston Fine Arts. Battle of Ulundi 4th
July 1879.
Battle of Ulundi July 4th 1879. Six months after the initial
Zulu uprising The British under Lord Chjelmsford and Sir Garnet Wolseley
marched a force of 5,000 men to the Kraal of the Zuklu Chief Cetawayo at
Ulundi Cetawayo was guarded by his impis regiments a total of 20,000 warriors.
The British Force struck on July 4th and a fierce fight ensued. a total of
1500 Zulu warriors were killed, compared to the light casualties of the British
of 15 killed and 78 wounded. Many of the Zulu losses were caused
while charging the British Square and also by the 17th Lancers who pursued
them after there attacks failed. Chief Cetawayo was captured on August
28th., ending the Zulu war.
Battle of Ulundi by Fayel The two forces meet on 4th July 1879 at
Ulundi. Several thousand
Zulus surrounded the British infantry which formed a square with the 17th
Lancers at its centre. When the Zulus attack faltered the 17th Lancers were
ordered to charge. Reproduced by Permission of the 17th/21st Lancers.
Battle of Ulundi by Brian Palmer After
coming out of the British Square The 17th lancers charge by the 58th
regiment . Battle of Ulundi, 1879 by Henry DuprayUlundi 4th July 1879 - Charge of the 17th Lancers by
Jason Askew
Battle of Ulundi, 1879
Cetewayo, installed in power by the British, immediately became fired
with the ambition of conquest. The Zulus, over whom he ruled, are a
martial race, and he had no difficulty in making them a nation of
soldiers. Their raids into Natal rendered it necessary to organise a
punitive expedition, and three British columns marched into Zululand by
different routes. At Isandhlwana, on January 22nd, the British camp was
surprised and attacked by 15,000 warriors, and we suffered heavily. The
heroic defence of Rorke's Drift was on the same day, and on the 24th,
Sir Evelyn Wood won a victory at Inkanyana. In March a convoy was cut to
pieces near Intombi River and Prince Napoleon was killed, but in July
the battle of Ulundi broke the power of the Zulu nation and sent
Cetewayo a captive to London. Ulundi was the King's kraal and lay in an
amphitheatre of hills flanked by two great military kraals. Upon this
position the British advanced in hollow square. Halting within a mile of
the kraal this imposing force offered battle. Before them were ranged
30,000 dauntless savages armed with assegais, rifles and oval shields of
stout or ox hide. Lord Chelmsford's object was to draw them on to
the square and a score of mounted irregulars were accordingly sent
forward. The lure was a success. Enraged at the taunts of this handful
of men, the Zulus began to advance. The enemy extended their formation
so that they might envelop and crush the square. Like the waves of a
troubled sea, they rolled across the plain, chanting their war song
until the air reverberated with the wild weird music which none having
heard before can ever forget. A tempest of lead and iron received them,
and the shriek of shell mingled with their death cry. If for a moment
they wavered or fall back it was only to come on once more with fierce
and dauntless stride. But courage was vain against that quadruple line
of steel, to approach which was certain death. One chief, more daring or
skilled than the rest, dashed his warriors upon the right rear angle of
the square and threatened a hand to hand fight - bayonet against
assegai. But the guns were soon at work and rolled them back under a
storm of shrapnel. At last the savage hordes began to waver. "Go at
them Lowe," was the order, and Drury-Lowe led his lancers out of
the square at a gallop. An ambush checked their charge and emptied many
a saddle. Another moment and lance and sabre pierced and rent the black
mass. Yet the fight went on until the King's Dragoons and a flying
column advanced and drove the stubborn remnant of the enemy into the
hills and gave Ulundi to the flames. From this blow the Zulus, once the
masters of South Africa, have never recovered. Text by William Maxwell 1902.
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Battle of Ulundi by Brian Palmer.
After coming out of the British Square The 17th Lancers charge by the 58th Regiment. The Battle of Ulundi took place at the Zulu capital of Ulundi on 4th July 1879. Ulundi became the last battle to be fought during the Zulu war and the British victory finally broke the military power of the Zulu Nation. The battle began at 6 a.m. when Buller led out an advance guard of mounted troops and South African irregulars. The British force comprised of five companies of the 80th regiment in square in four ranks, with two Gatling Guns in the centres, two 9-pounders on the left flank and two 7-pounders on the right. The 90th Light Infantry with four companies of the 94th regiment made up the left face with two more 7-pounders. On the right face were the 1st Battalion of the 13th Light Infantry, four companies of the 58th Regiment, two 7-pounders and two 9-pounders. The rear face was composed of two companies of the 94th Regiment and two companies of the 2nd Battalion of the 21st Regiment. In the middle of the square were headquarters staff, No. 5 company of the Royal Engineers whhich was led by Lt John Chard who had commanded the troops at Rorkes Drift, the 2nd Native Natal Contingent, fifty wagons and carts with reserve ammunition and hospital wagons. Bullers horsemen protected the front and both flanks of the square. A rearguard of two squadrons of the 17th Lancers and a troop of Natal Native Horse followed. In total the British force stood at just over 5300 against the Zulu warrior regiments in total over 15000. The Zulu warriors charged again and again at the square but with the strong British firepower of tifle and gatling gun, they could not get close. As the Zulu warriors strength weakened, Lord Chelmsford ordered the cavalry to mount, and the 17th Lancers and the 1st Kings Dragoon Guards along with colonial cavalry were ordered to charge the now fleeing Zulus. The Zulus fled towards the high ground with the cavalry in pursuit. The Lancers were checked at the Mbilane stream by the fire of a concealed party of Zulus, causing a number casualties before the 17th Lancers overcame the Zulu resistance. The pursuit continued until not one living Zulu remained on the Mahlabatini plain, with members of the Natal Native Horse, Natal Native Contingent and Woods Irregulars slaughtering the Zulu wounded, done in revenge for the massacre at Isandlwana.
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Battle of Ulundi by Fayel
The two forces meet on 4th July 1879 at Ulundi. Several thousand Zulus surrounded the British infantry which formed a square with the 17th Lancers at its centre. When the Zulus attack faltered the 17th Lancers were ordered to charge. Reproduced by Permission of the 17th/21st Lancers.
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Battle of Ulundi, 1879 by Henry Dupray
some surface scratches. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £75.00 Antique print c.1890 mounted on thick card at the time.
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Ulundi 4th July 1879 - Charge of the 17th Lancers by Jason Askew.
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