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Siege of Eshowe

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Wagons crossing Amatikulu drift on the way to Eshowe

The Siege of Eshowe was part of a three-pronged attack on the Zulu Impis of king Cetshwayo at Ulundi during the Anglo-Zulu War. After a successful incursion as far as Eshowe (then also known as Fort Ekowe or kwaMondi[2]), Colonel Charles Pearson was besieged there for two months by the Zulus.

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