See also:

• ULUNDI (Zulu for " high place" )

ULUNDI (Zulu for " high See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place" )  , the royal See also:

• KRAAL

kraal of See also:

• CETYWAYO ( ?-1884)

Cetywayo, situated in the Mahlabatini See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• ZULULAND

Zululand, about 3 M. See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Umfolosi See also:

• RIVER

River, and 115 M . N.N.E. of See also:

• DURBAN

Durban . The valley of the White Umfolosi here forms an extensive See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin called the Emhlabatini, and from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Chaka to the overthrow of Cetywayo in 1883 was the exclusive See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the Zulu See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings . The basin on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the river is regarded as the See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle of the Zulu See also:

• RACE

race; here all their See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early chiefs are buried, hence the See also:

• TERM

term Emakosini (i.e. at the See also:

• GRAVE

grave of the chiefs) applied to the district (see See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue See also:

• BOOK

Book C . 5143) . During Cetywayo's reign a See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison of 3000 was kept at See also:

• ULUNDI (Zulu for " high place" )

Ulundi . About a mile from the kraal on the 4th of See also:

• JULY

July 1879 a Zulu See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army some 20,000 strong was totally defeated by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CHELMSFORD
• CHELMSFORD, FREDERIC THESIGER, 1ST BARON (1794-1878)

Chelmsford . The See also:

• BRITISH

British force, consisting of the second See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division and See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood's See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column, numbered in all 4200 Europeans and some r000 natives . On the See also:

• MORNING

morning of the See also:

• BATTLE

battle they formed a square, with the mounted troops (about 300) inside . The Zulus attacked with See also:

• GREAT

great gallantry but were received with so deadly a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire that they could not come within See also:

• THIRTY

thirty yards of the rifles . After twenty minutes they See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke and fled, and the See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry followed them till broken ground rendered further pursuit impossible . The British loss was about See also:

• ION

Ion, that of the Zulus 1500 .

After the fight the royal kraal was burned . On the 1st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September following, at the site of the ruined kraal, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GARNET
• GARNET, or GARNETT, HENRY (1555—1606)

Garnet (afterwards Lord) See also:

• WOLSELEY, GARNET JOSEPH WOLSELEY, VISCOUNT (1833- )

Wolseley announced the See also:

• PARTITION

partition of Zululand into thirteen See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty chieftainships . But on the 29th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1883 Cetywayo was reinstalled by the British at Ulundi as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief over two-thirds of his old dominions . Attacked at Ulundi in July 1883 by the See also:

• RIVAL

rival chief Usibepu, Cetywayo and his 5000 followers fled to the Nkandhla See also:

• BUSH

bush . The royal kraal was again destroyed and Ulundi ceased to be a rallying point . The magistracy for the district is situated 5 M. north of the site of Ulundi .