The Zulu-Boer War 1837-1840

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-44823-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 132, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 778 g

Reihe: History of Warfare

This book offers an in-depth examination of the conflict of 1838 to 1840 between the Zulus and the Boers. Lesniewski reflects on the established historiography and reappraises some key conceptions of the war. The conflict has often been seen as a colonial war, with the Zulus cast into the role of either villains or victims. Drawing on written primary sources and Zulu oral tradition, the author instead argues that the war was a struggle between an established regional power aiming to defend and consolidate its position and an incoming power seeking land, settlement, and local supremacy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

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Lesniewski, Michal

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of Maps

Introduction

1 Sides of the Conflict

1 Zulus: The Origins and the Development of the State to 1837

2 Trekboers: The Origins and the Goals of the Boer Emigration from the Cape Colony

2 Origins of the Conflict, 1835–1838

1 The Zulu Relations with the Port Natal Community, 1824–1837

2 The Coming of the Voortrekkers: The Origins of the Conflict

3 The First Blow in the War: The Death of Piet Retief and His Companions

3 AmaButho vs. Commando

1 AmaButho

2 Commando

3 War Plans

4 Beginning of the War, February–May 1838

1 The Valley of Destruction. Zulu Attack on Boer Encampments, 16–17 February 1838

2 The Boer Alliance with Port Natal, March 1838

3 Military Actions during Late March and Early April 1838

4 The Battle of eThaleni, 10 April 1838

5 The Battle of Thukela (Ndondakusuka), 17 April 1838

6 The Destruction of Port Natal, 24 April–4 May 1838

5 Time of Balance, May–November 1838

1 Situation of Boers and Port Natal

2 Dingane Victorious but What’s Next

3 The Battle of Veglaer, 12–15 August 1838

4 After the Battle: The Death of Gert Maritz and the Situation in August–November 1838

5 A New Factor: The British Occupation of Port Natal

6 The Time of Breakthrough?! Blood River/Ncome – oPathekloof, December 1838–January 1839

1 The Arrival of A.W.J. Pretorius

2 Preparations for an Offensive

3 The Beginning of the Campaign, 2–15 December 1838

4 The Battle of Blood River/Ncome, 16 December 1838

5 The Taking of the uMgungundhlovu

6 The Battle of oPathekloof, 27 December 1838

7 Return of the Expedition

8 What’s Next?

7 An Interlude, January–September 1839

1 Dingane Alternatives

2 Voortrekker Decisions

3 British Engagement

4 On a Road to Peace with Dingane

5 Unstable Peace or Ceasefire?

6 The Zulu War with AmaSwazi

8 Dingane Disaster, September 1839–February 1840

1 The Breaking of the Rope: M’Pande’s Mutiny

2 Voortrekkers and M’Pande

3 Withdrawal of the British

4 Dingane Actions September–December 1839

5 The Alliance between the Boers and M’Pande

6 The Cattle Commando, 13–31 January 1840

7 The Battle of Maqongqo, 30 January 1840

8 The Fall and Death of Dingane, the Enthronement of M’Pande, and Ending the Conflict

Epilogue

1 Republic of Natalia

2 M’Pande and the Reconstruction of the Zulu State

3 The Fall of the Republic of Natalia

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michal Lesniewski, Ph.D. (1997), University of Warsaw, is Professor of 19th Century and Contemporary History at that university. His research focuses on South African and British imperial history, and he has published several articles and a monograph, Klip River Affair of 1847 (Poznan, 2018).