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eventREF E-0011221Revised

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Zulu army returns to Nongoma

Date
9 Apr 1901
Updated
8 Apr 2020
Zulu Army

The Zulu army ordered to arm by Col. Bottomley to assist the British during the Anglo-Boer War, marched back to Nongoma. Two Zulus were killed in confrontation and about 48 000 head of cattle looted from the Boers during the expedition. Bottomley had terminated the project because feeding the Zulu force of 6 000 men was a problem and some of the Zulus had been looting stock from Zulu kraals.

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  1. 01Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa.

Last updated · 8 Apr 2020

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Zulu army returns to Nongoma. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011221

South African History Online (2011) 'Zulu army returns to Nongoma', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011221 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).

South African History Online, Zulu army returns to Nongoma [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011221, (accessed 9 August 2026).

"Zulu army returns to Nongoma." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011221. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Zulu army returns to Nongoma." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011221.

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