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Zulu War Battle of Ulundi, one of the major battles in the Zulu war, military art prints by Cranston Fine Arts. Battle of Ulundi 4th July 1879.

Battle of Ulundi  July 4th 1879.  Six months after the initial Zulu uprising The British under Lord Chjelmsford and Sir Garnet Wolseley marched a force of 5,000 men to the Kraal of the Zuklu Chief Cetawayo at Ulundi Cetawayo was guarded by his impis regiments a total of 20,000 warriors.  The British Force struck on July 4th and a fierce fight ensued. a total of 1500 Zulu warriors were killed, compared to the light casualties of the British of 15 killed and 78 wounded.  Many of the Zulu losses were caused while charging the British Square and also by the 17th Lancers who pursued them after there attacks failed. Chief Cetawayo was captured on August 28th., ending the Zulu war.

Battle of Ulundi by Fayel   The two forces meet on 4th July 1879 at Ulundi. Several thousand Zulus surrounded the British infantry which formed a square with the 17th Lancers at its centre. When the Zulus attack faltered the 17th Lancers were ordered to charge. Reproduced by Permission of the 17th/21st Lancers.  

Battle of Ulundi by Brian Palmer  After coming out of the British Square The 17th lancers charge by the 58th regiment . Battle of Ulundi, 1879 by Henry Dupray

Ulundi 4th July 1879 - Charge of the 17th Lancers by Jason Askew

Battle of Ulundi by Brian Palmer.

After coming out of the British Square The 17th lancers charge by the 58th regiment . 

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Battle of Ulundi by Fayel

The two forces meet on 4th July 1879 at Ulundi. Several thousand Zulus surrounded the British infantry which formed a square with the 17th Lancers at its centre. When the Zulus attack faltered the 17th Lancers were ordered to charge. Reproduced by Permission of the 17th/21st Lancers.

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Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00


Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00

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Battle of Ulundi by Brian Palmer.

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Ulundi 4th July 1879 - Charge of the 17th Lancers by Jason Askew.

Ulundi 4th July 1879 - Charge of the 17th Lancers by Jason Askew.

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Battle of Ulundi, 1879 by Henry Dupray

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Battle of Ulundi, 1879 by Henry Dupray

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Antique print c.1890 mounted on thick card at the time. 

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Ulundi 4th July 1879 - Charge of the 17th Lancers by Jason Askew.

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The Death or Glory Boys by Bud Bradshaw

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Battle of Ulundi, 1879   Cetewayo, installed in power by the British, immediately became fired with the ambition of conquest. The Zulus, over whom he ruled, are a martial race, and he had no difficulty in making them a nation of soldiers. Their raids into Natal rendered it necessary to organise a punitive expedition, and three British columns marched into Zululand by different routes. At Isandhlwana, on January 22nd, the British camp was surprised and attacked by 15,000 warriors, and we suffered heavily. The heroic defence of Rorke's Drift was on the same day, and on the 24th, Sir Evelyn Wood won a victory at Inkanyana. In March a convoy was cut to pieces near Intombi River and Prince Napoleon was killed, but in July the battle of Ulundi broke the power of the Zulu nation and sent Cetewayo a captive to London. Ulundi was the King's kraal and lay in an amphitheatre of hills flanked by two great military kraals. Upon this position the British advanced in hollow square. Halting within a mile of the kraal this imposing force offered battle. Before them were ranged 30,000 dauntless savages armed with assegais, rifles and oval shields of stout or ox hide. Lord Chelmsford's object was to draw them on to  the square and a score of mounted irregulars were accordingly sent forward. The lure was a success. Enraged at the taunts of this handful of men, the Zulus began to advance. The enemy extended their formation so that they might envelop and crush the square. Like the waves of a troubled sea, they rolled across the plain, chanting their war song until the air reverberated with the wild weird music which none having heard before can ever forget. A tempest of lead and iron received them, and the shriek of shell mingled with their death cry. If for a moment they wavered or fall back it was only to come on once more with fierce and dauntless stride. But courage was vain against that quadruple line of steel, to approach which was certain death. One chief, more daring or skilled than the rest, dashed his warriors upon the right rear angle of the square and threatened a hand to hand fight - bayonet against assegai. But the guns were soon at work and rolled them back under a storm of shrapnel. At last the savage hordes began to waver. "Go at them Lowe," was the order, and Drury-Lowe led his lancers out of the square at a gallop. An ambush checked their charge and emptied many a saddle. Another moment and lance and sabre pierced and rent the black mass. Yet the fight went on until the King's Dragoons and a flying column advanced and drove the stubborn remnant of the enemy into the hills and gave Ulundi to the flames. From this blow the Zulus, once the masters of South Africa, have never recovered.  Text by William Maxwell 1902.

 

 

 

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