The Battle of Italeni took place in what is now KwaZulu Natal province, South Africa. It was fought between the Voortrekkers and the Zulus on 9 April 1838, during the period of the Great Trek.[1][2]
Italeni, the small hillock where the battle took place. The Nzololo stream is at the bottom of the photo with the Reed creek running diagonally below Italeni
^The battle of Italeni Gerrit Haarhoff 2023
^"The Zulus and the Voortrekkers – in search of more truth - Afriforum". afriforum.co.za/en/. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
after losing the battleofItaleni, and subsequently had migrated with his group out of Natal. To approach UmGungundlovu via the Italeni defile with ox...
a result of the BattleofItaleni – such as fighting from the shelter of ox-wagons whenever possible and choosing the place ofbattle rather than being...
a frieze in the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria Piet Uys (1797– BattleofItaleni 1838), Voortrekker leader during the Great Trek, he is commemorated...
Dirkie. During the subsequent BattleofItaleni, Piet Uys was mortally wounded by an assegai while riding to the rescue of two of his cornered men. The rescue...
Zulu King, Dingaan signs a deed of cession to cede land to the voortrekkers led by Piet Retief 11 April - BattleofItaleni where Zulus repulsed the Voortrekkers...
later became a South African Boer political figure and served as the last head of state of Natalia between 1842 and 1843. BattleofItaleni Die Groot Trek...
time of real events such as the assassination of Shaka, the Weenen Massacre (the subject of Haggard's later novel Marie), the BattleofItaleni, the Battle...
(185–1835) with the triumph of the Zulu. The Boers and Zulus confronted each other at the BattleofItaleni (1838) and the Battleof Blood River (1838), resulting...
subsequent BattleofItaleni both Uys and his second son, Dirkie, were killed. The part of Uys' commando that remained behind (under the command of Field Cornet...
Mosega 17 January 1837 BattleofItaleni 9 April 1838 Battleof Blood River 16 December 1838 Battleof Maqongqe January 1840 Wars of Resistance (1838) Sekhukhune...
Potgieter ensued. The divided force was lured into an ambush by the Zulus at Italeni, and both Uys and his son Dirkie, were killed. The surrounded and outnumbered...
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