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Nearly one hundred officers and men of Wood’s column are killed in a desperate fight against a Zulu impi on Hlobane Mountain du
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 598.
- 02https://www.kwazulu.co.uk/
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, March 19). Nearly one hundred officers and men of Wood’s column are killed in a desperate fight against a Zulu impi on Hlobane Mountain du. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079739
South African History Online (2012) 'Nearly one hundred officers and men of Wood’s column are killed in a desperate fight against a Zulu impi on Hlobane Mountain du', South African History Online, 19 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079739 (Accessed: 13 October 2026).
South African History Online, Nearly one hundred officers and men of Wood’s column are killed in a desperate fight against a Zulu impi on Hlobane Mountain du [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079739, (accessed 13 October 2026).
"Nearly one hundred officers and men of Wood’s column are killed in a desperate fight against a Zulu impi on Hlobane Mountain du." South African History Online, 19 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079739. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Nearly one hundred officers and men of Wood’s column are killed in a desperate fight against a Zulu impi on Hlobane Mountain du." South African History Online. March 19, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079739.
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