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What happened at Isandlwana on 22 January 1879?
The buffalo-horns envelopment overwhelmed the overextended firing line — the worst defeat a modern British army suffered against an African force. Rorke's Drift followed that evening.
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The Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, When a Zulu Army Destroyed a Modern British Force in an Afternoon Eleven days after Britain invaded Zululand, a Zulu army of some 20,000 overran the British camp at Isandlwana, killing over 1,300 British and colonial troops with spear and shield against breech-loading rifles — the worst defeat a modern British army suffered against an African force. A partial solar eclipse darkened the field mid-battle.
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