Regional1879

Battle of Myers Drift

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South Africa

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Myers Drift (1879), part of the Anglo-Zulu Wars. Zulu Kingdom defeated United Kingdom.

Belligerents2

Zulu Kingdom
United Kingdom

ON THE MAPZulu KingdomBritish Empire (1880)

Conflict graph

PART OFAnglo-Zulu War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Myers Drift (1879). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-myers-drift · Sources & methodology