Cetewayo’s impis wipe out British troops at Isandhlwana in one of the worst disasters in British military history, stabbing 127

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South African History Online. (2012, January 20). Cetewayo’s impis wipe out British troops at Isandhlwana in one of the worst disasters in British military history, stabbing 127. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072906

South African History Online (2012) 'Cetewayo’s impis wipe out British troops at Isandhlwana in one of the worst disasters in British military history, stabbing 127', South African History Online, 20 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072906 (Accessed: 17 September 2026).

South African History Online, Cetewayo’s impis wipe out British troops at Isandhlwana in one of the worst disasters in British military history, stabbing 127 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072906, (accessed 17 September 2026).

"Cetewayo’s impis wipe out British troops at Isandhlwana in one of the worst disasters in British military history, stabbing 127." South African History Online, 20 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072906. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Cetewayo’s impis wipe out British troops at Isandhlwana in one of the worst disasters in British military history, stabbing 127." South African History Online. January 20, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072906.