In the Battle of the White Umfolozi, the Voortrekker commando is ambushed and nearly overpowered by a Zulu impi. Alexander Harv

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01Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 167
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South African History Online. (2011, December 14). In the Battle of the White Umfolozi, the Voortrekker commando is ambushed and nearly overpowered by a Zulu impi. Alexander Harv. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071365

South African History Online (2011) 'In the Battle of the White Umfolozi, the Voortrekker commando is ambushed and nearly overpowered by a Zulu impi. Alexander Harv', South African History Online, 14 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071365 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).

South African History Online, In the Battle of the White Umfolozi, the Voortrekker commando is ambushed and nearly overpowered by a Zulu impi. Alexander Harv [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071365, (accessed 25 September 2026).

"In the Battle of the White Umfolozi, the Voortrekker commando is ambushed and nearly overpowered by a Zulu impi. Alexander Harv." South African History Online, 14 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071365. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "In the Battle of the White Umfolozi, the Voortrekker commando is ambushed and nearly overpowered by a Zulu impi. Alexander Harv." South African History Online. December 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071365.