Shangani Patrol
| date | December 3, 1893 to December 4, 1893 |
|---|---|
| place | Shangani River , Zimbabwe |
| output | Victory of the Ndebele |
| consequences | Death of Lobengula |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
|
British South Africa Police, Volunteer Forces |
|
| Commander | |
|
Major Patrick William Forbes |
Lobengula |
| Troop strength | |
| 34 | 3,000 |
| losses | |
|
31 |
> 500 (not secured) |
Shangani Patrol , the patrol ride to the Shangani , was part of the First Matabele War in the former Rhodesia .
course
In 1893 a war had broken out between the native Matabele and the British colonial society, so that after several skirmishes and battles the President of the Cape Colony sent an expeditionary force of about 470 men to arrange for the capture of the King of the Matabele, Lobengula . It consisted of 34 white men from the British South Africa Company , 31 of whom were killed in a skirmish with Matabele warriors on the Shangani River on November 1, 1893. For the white Rhodesians it was a massacre that they glorified. One of the three survivors was Frederick Russell Burnham .
literature
- Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell: The Matabele Campaign 1896, being a narrative of the campaign in suppressing the native rising in Matabeleland and Mashonaland. Methuen, London 1897.
- John O'Reilly: Pursuit of the king. An evaluation of the Shangani Patrol in the light of sources read by the author. , Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo 1970.
