Caption:
The Zulu war : Inside the laager at Ginghilovo during the Zulu attack. From sketches by Lieutenant Smith-Dorrien, R.N. . Illustrated London News. 24 May 1879. A British Naval Brigade fighting during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879 at the Battle of Ginghilovo [Gingindlovu] on 2 April. The battle saw a Zulu impi of 11,000 men try and destroy an encamped British force of 6,000. At Ginghilovo, the British lost only eleven men killed, while the Zulus lost over a thousand. Source: Illustrated London News between pages 843 and 846. Language: English.