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Siege of Eshowe
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| Siege of Eshowe | |||||||
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| Part of the Anglo-Zulu War | |||||||
 Wagons crossing Amatikulu drift on the way to Eshowe | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 British Empire | Zulu Kingdom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Charles Pearson | Dabulamanzi kaMpande | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,700 (No. 1 Column) 5,670 (Relief Column) | 12,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 137 killed | c. 1,000 killed | ||||||
  Location in present-day South Africa  Siege of Eshowe (KwaZulu-Natal) | |||||||
The siege of Eshowe took place during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. The siege was part of a three-pronged attack on the Zulu Impis of king Cetshwayo at Ulundi. After an incursion as far as Eshowe (then also known as Fort Ekowe or kwaMondi)[1] Colonel Charles Pearson was besieged there for two months by the Zulus.
- ^ Laband 2009, pp. 81, 366.
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