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'Isandlwana' (also sometimes seen as ''Isandhlwana'' or ''Isandula''; the dhl sound is similar to the Welch -ll-) is an isolated hill in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, 8 miles southeast of Rorke's Drift (a ford of the Tugela River) and 105 miles north by northwest of Durban.^[1]
On January 22, 1879, Isandlwana was the site of the Battle of Isandlwana, where approximately 12,000 Zulu warriors defeated a contingent of British and Native troops in the first engagement of the Anglo-Zulu War.^[2] The battle remains the single greatest defeat for the British Army at the hands of a native foe.

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1. ''Encyclopaedia Brittanica''(1950), v.12, 703.
2. BritishBattles.com "The Battle of Isandlwana" Includes multiple drawings of Isandlwana Hill.[1]

Corrections: Rorke's Drift is closer to 10 miles from Isandlwana, and its on the Buffalo River. In addition, between 20,000 and 25,000 Zulu warriors were present at the battle, not 12,000. The British had approximately 1350.
The entire force was wiped out by the Zulus under Cetshwayo.