Isandula

Isandula, or ISANDHLWANA, in the north-east of Natal, on the left bank of the Buffalo River, 110 miles N. by W. of Durban. There, on 22d January 1879, the British camp, comprising four companies of the 24th, with a native contingent, under Colonels Durnford and Pulleine, was surprised by 18,000 Zulus in Lord Chelmsford's absence and almost annihilated. The British loss exceeded 800, that of the Zulus 2000.