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The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 - Sekukuni's Town

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Sekukuni's Town's background

What makes Sekukuni's Town such a great example?

Sekukuni's Town's background

The Battle of Sekukuni's Town was fought from 28 November to 2 December 1879, the last major action of the wider conflicts that followed on from the Anglo-Zulu War. Sir Garnet Wolseley led a combined force of around 2,000 British troops and 10,000 Swazi auxiliaries in a pincer movement against the mountain stronghold of the Pedi king Sekhukhune, who had resisted both Boer and British attempts to subdue him for years. The town was stormed and taken on 28 November; Sekhukhune lost his son and heir and fourteen other relatives in the fighting, and was captured and imprisoned in Pretoria.

What makes Sekukuni's Town such a great example?

Garnet Wolseley and the Capture of Sekukuni's Town

The battle makes a good example of an overwhelming, methodically planned assault [a pincer movement from seven directions at once] against a single, long-defiant stronghold, and is a useful test of whether a chart can register that kind of decisive, multi-pronged campaign.

The chart shown is the birth of Garnet Wolseley, set at midday, with transits for the storming of Sekukuni's Town on 28 November 1879 set at midday.