Battle of Intombe
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battle-of-intombe-279-17246111
title:
Battle of Intombe
text:
The Battle of Intombe was an action fought on 12 March 1879, between Zulu troops loyal to Mbilini waMswati and British soldiers and African civilian conductors, drivers and voorloopers (scouts) defending a convoy of wagons on the road from Derby to Lüneberg. The convoy straggled badly along the road due to the rains and bogged on both sides of the Intombe river, which had risen and was in spate due to the rains. Most of the wagons were laagered, somewhat haphazardly, close to the river on the De
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description:
1879 battle of the Anglo-Zulu War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Intombe
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date modified:
2023-08-08T21:58:19Z
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13
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