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Battle of Ndondakusuka

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Tugela River mouth · Zululand

Estimated casualties

5.0K – 20Kestimated dead

Figures for the battle and the ensuing massacre of Mbuyazi's followers are traditional and unverified; the Tugela mouth was named Mathambo ('place of bones').

SOURCETraditional/colonial estimates

A succession battle on 2 December 1856 between the sons of Zulu king Mpande, in which Cetshwayo's uSuthu faction crushed and massacred Mbuyazi's iziGqoza, securing Cetshwayo's path to the throne.

Belligerents2

uSuthu faction (Cetshwayo)
iziGqoza faction (Mbuyazi)

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of Ndondakusuka
Morris, The Washing of the Spears
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Battle of Ndondakusuka (1856). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-ndondakusuka · Sources & methodology