Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Kambula (Zulu War).

Fought March 29, 1879, when Colonel Wood, with 2,000 British and native auxiliaries, was attacked in his lager by three Zulu impi. The Zulus were repulsed with very heavy loss, and pursued for seven miles. The British lost 81 killed and wounded. The defeat practically broke Cetewayo's power.