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Battle of Gingindlovu
| Battle of Gingindlovu (uMgungundlovu) | |||||||
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| Part of the Anglo-Zulu War | |||||||
 The final repulse of the Zulus at Ginghilovo, from a sketch supplied by Lieutenant-Colonel J. North Crealock | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 British Empire | Zulu Kingdom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Lord Chelmsford | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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5,670 2 × 9-pounder guns 4 × 24-pound rocket battery 2 × Gatling Guns | 11,000[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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11 killed 62 wounded[2] | 1,000+ killed[2] | ||||||
The Battle of Gingindlovu (uMgungundlovu) was fought on 2 April 1879 between a British relief column sent to break the Siege of Eshowe and a Zulu impi of King Cetshwayo.
- ^ Laband 2009, p. 6.
- ^ a b c Colenso 1880, p. 384.
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