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In Shaka's day, warriors often wore elaborate plumes and cow tail regalia in battle, but by the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, many warriors wore only a loin cloth and a minimal form of headdress.

The impi, in its Shakan form, is best known among Western readers from the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, particularly the famous Zulu victory at Isandhlwana, but its development was over 60 years in coming before that great clash.

In its relatively brief history the impi inspired anger, scorn ( During the Anglo-Zulu War, British commander Lord Chelmsford complained that they did not ' fight fair '), and even a grudging admiration by its opponents, epitomized in Kipling's poem " Fuzzy Wuzzy ":

* 1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.

* 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: the Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burnt to the ground, thus, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.

* 1879 – Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.

* 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana – Zulu troops defeat British troops.

* 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift – 139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors.

* 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.

* 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20, 000 Zulus.

; 1879: The Battle of Isandlwana is the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War.

* January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.

* January 22 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Isandlwana: Zulu troops massacre British troops.

* March 12 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Intombe: A British force over one-hundred strong is ambushed and destroyed by Zulu forces.

* March 28 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Hlobane: British forces suffer a defeat.

* March 29 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20, 000 Zulus.

* June 1 – Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial ( Napoléon IV ), great-nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, Bonapartist pretender to the throne, dies in Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.

* July 4 – Anglo-Zulu War: The Anglo-Zulu War effectively ends at the Battle of Ulundi.

Death of the Prince impérial during the Anglo-Zulu War, by Paul Jamin.

Some were used by Maori warriors during the Musket Wars 1820s-1830s, having purchased them from European traders at the time, some were still in service during the Indian rebellion of 1857, and also by Zulu warriors, who had also purchased them from European traders during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, and some were sold to the Mexican Army who used them during the Texas Revolution of 1836 and the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848.

On 24 February 1879, Robinson was transferred to New Zealand, and on 21 August 1880, in the wake of the Anglo-Zulu War, he succeeded Sir Henry Bartle Frere as High Commissioner for Southern Africa ( George Cumine Strahan was also appointed as interim administrator to act until Robinson could arrive from New Zealand ).

However, Boer resistance to British rule and the resulting Anglo-Zulu war caused the imperial government in London to withdraw from pursuing British sovereignty over the South African interior.

Below the Blood River is Rorke's Drift, a crossing point and another battle site, this time from the Anglo-Zulu War.

Farmer was first utilised treating the wounded from the Battle of Ulundi during the Anglo-Zulu War.

* 11 January-Britain declares war against the Zulus and launches the Anglo-Zulu War after the an ultimatum issued on 11 December 1878 is rejected

On January 22, 1879, Isandlwana was the site of the Battle of Isandlwana, where approximately 22, 000 Zulu warriors defeated a contingent of approximately 1, 350 British and Native troops in the first engagement of the Anglo-Zulu War.

The Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.

Fort Tenedos was large earth-walled fort was constructed on the Zulu side of the Tugela River in January, 1879, opposite Fort Pearson, to support the British at the start of the Anglo-Zulu War.

Colonel Anthony William Durnford ( Ireland 24 May 1830-Isandlwana 22 January 1879 ) was a career British Army officer who served in the Anglo-Zulu War.

Zulu is a 1964 historical war film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War.

In January 1879 he invaded Zululand ( see Anglo-Zulu War ), but the centre column of his forces was defeated at the Battle of Isandlwana, after Chelmsford split his forces and permitted the Zulus to concentrate their army against a part of the British expedition.

This incident occurred on 22 January 1879, in the Anglo-Zulu War.

Wassall was 22 years old, and a private in the 80th Regiment of Foot ( later The South Staffordshire Regiment ), British Army during the Anglo-Zulu War when the following deed took place on 22 January 1879 at the battle of Isandlwana, Zululand, South Africa, for which he was awarded the VC:

In January 1879, he took part in the Anglo-Zulu War and was given command of the 3, 000-strong 4th ( left ) column of the army that crossed the Zulu frontier, and shortly afterwards he received the local rank of brigadier general.

Dalton was approximately 46 years old, and an acting assistant commissary in the Commissariat and Transport Department ( later Royal Army Service Corps ), British Army during the Anglo-Zulu War when he was awarded the VC for action on 22 January 1879, at Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa.

The loss of the Queen's Colour and Regimental Colour of the 66th ( Berkshire ) Regiment at the Battle of Maiwand, following so soon upon the loss of the Colours of the 1st / 24th ( 2nd Warwickshire ) Regiment at the Battle of Isandlwana ( 22 January 1879 ) during the Anglo-Zulu War, resulted in Colours no longer being taken on active service.

Their baptism of fire came during the Langalibalele Rebellion in 1873 where they suffered their first casualties in action in the Drakensberg and during the Anglo-Zulu War, the Carbineers suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Isandlwana on the 22nd January 1879.

* Ian Knight, Brave Men's Blood-the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879

The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.

* Anglo-Zulu War, 1878 – 1879 by Ralph Zuljan

* Natal Native Contingent, a large force of black auxiliary soldiers in British South Africa during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War

There follows a long sketch set during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War in Natal, in which a devastating attack by Zulus is dismissed in lieu of a far more pressing matter: One of the officers ( Idle ) has had his leg bitten off during the night.

The work centres on Nellie's love for Leo, a cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada who becomes a hero serving during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.

She was attracted to the Prince Imperial and there was talk of a possible marriage ; however, he was killed in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.

These rumours ended with the death of the Prince Imperial in the Anglo-Zulu War on 1 June 1879.

The British consolidated their power over Natal, the Zulu kingdom and the Transvaal in 1879 after the Anglo-Zulu War.

In 1879, ' C ' Troop first saw action during the Anglo-Zulu War.