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Eleven days after the invasion of Zululand, 1 800 British troops were attacked by about 20 000 Zulu warriors. The poorly led and badly deployed British troops with their state-of-the-art breech-loading rifles and artillery pieces were overwhelmed by the numerically superior Zulu army armed with stabbing spears and cow hide shields.
1 300 British troops lost their lives in the battle versus the approximately 1 000 Zulu warriors killed. The British defeat put an end to the first invasion of Zululand but led to a more aggressive approach to the Anglo-Zulu war by the British.
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