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First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
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First Matabele War
1893–94 British invasion of the Ndebele Kingdom
The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern-day Zimbabwe. It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom. Lobengula, king of the Ndebele, had tried to avoid outright war with the company's pioneers because he and his…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
British South Africa Company
1889–1965 British mining and colonial enterprises company
The British South Africa Company was chartered in 1889 following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes' Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd, which had originally competed to capitalize on the expected mineral wealth of Mashonaland but united because…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Shangani Patrol
British South Africa Company unit attacked in 1893 in Rhodesia
The Shangani Patrol was a 34-soldier unit of the British South Africa Company that in 1893 was ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors in pre-Southern Rhodesia, during the First Matabele War. Headed by Major Allan Wilson, the patrol was attacked just north…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Northern Ndebele people
Bantu ethnic group in Southern Africa
The Northern Ndebele people is an ethnic group native to Zimbabwe.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Shangani River
River in west and central Zimbabwe
The Shangani is a river in Zimbabwe that starts near Gweru, Gweru River being one of its main tributaries' and goes through Midlands and Matabeleland North provinces. It empties into the Gwayi River.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Matabeleland
Region of southwestern Zimbabwe
Matabeleland is a region located in southwestern Zimbabwe that is divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers and are further separated from…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)