27 December 1838
Voortrekker commando is ambushed by the Zulu army in the Battle of the White Umfolozi
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981).Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed.,Pretoria: Academica, p. 167.
- 02Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972).Dictionary of South African Biography,/em>Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 1, p. 73.
- 03 Giliomee et al. (2007), New History of South Africa. Tafelberg Publishers: Cape Town. p. 146.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Voortrekker commando is ambushed by the Zulu army in the Battle of the White Umfolozi. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010960
South African History Online (2011) 'Voortrekker commando is ambushed by the Zulu army in the Battle of the White Umfolozi', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010960 (Accessed: 13 November 2026).
South African History Online, Voortrekker commando is ambushed by the Zulu army in the Battle of the White Umfolozi [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010960, (accessed 13 November 2026).
"Voortrekker commando is ambushed by the Zulu army in the Battle of the White Umfolozi." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010960. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Voortrekker commando is ambushed by the Zulu army in the Battle of the White Umfolozi." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010960.
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