Britain Boer Natal War 1842-1843

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British Occupation of Natal 1842-1843

[also Anglo-Boer War, Natal War]

State	Entry	Exit	Combat Forces	Population	Losses
Boers	1842	1843	10000	100000	3000
Britain	1842	1843	25000	24000000	4000

The British government was concerned about possible disturbance of the peace in the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony caused by fleeing Zulu people, and in May 1842 British forces defeated the Boers at the Battle of Khangela (Congella). The Boers then went across the Khahlamba (Drakensberg) mountains and the Republic of Natalia became the British colony of Natal in 1843, with its boundaries as the Thukela river in the north, the Indian Ocean in the east, the Mthavuna river in the south and the Khahlamba Mountains in the west. North of the Thukela river there was a sovereign Zulu state under King Mpande (r.1840-72) and later Cetshwayo (r.1873-79).

Last Update: December 16, 2000

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