1879 in International Relations - 1879 Treaties, Conflicts in 1879, States and Territories Disestablished in 1879 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: 1879 treaties, Conflicts in 1879, States and territories disestablished in 1879, States and territories established in 1879, Dual Alliance, 1879, Cayor, Battle of Rorke's Drift, Battle of Isandlwana, Ry ky Kingdom, Kresna-Razlog Uprising, Battle of Iquique, Battle of San Francisco, Griqualand East, Battle of Pisagua, Battle of Tarapaca, List of state leaders in 1879, Battle of Angamos, Milk Creek Battle, List of sovereign states in 1879, Mosul Vilayet, White River War, Treaty of Gandamak, Battle of Punta Gruesa, Battle of Gingindlovu, Sheepeater Indian War, Skeleton Canyon Massacre, Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment, Little War, International Congo Society, Jementah Civil War, Cheyenne War, Battle of Topater, Battle of Chipana, List of colonial governors in 1879. Excerpt: The Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Eleven days after the British commenced their invasion of Zululand in South Africa, a Zulu force of some 20,000 warriors attacked a portion of the British main column consisting of about 1,800 British, colonial and native troops and perhaps 400 civilians. The Zulus were equipped mainly with the traditional Assegai iron spears, iklwa, and cow-hide shields, but also had a number of muskets and old rifles though they were not formally trained in their use. The British and colonial troops were armed with the state-of-the-art Martini-Henry breech-loading rifle and two 7 pounder artillery pieces as well as a rocket battery. Despite a vast disadvantage in weapons technology, the numerically superior Zulus ultimately overwhelmed the poorly led and badly deployed British, killing over 1,300 troops, including all those out on the forward firing line. The Zulu army suffered around a thousand killed. The battle was a c...