<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Anglo - Zulu War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Detail of a painting depicting the Battle of Rorke 's Drift </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 11 January -- 4 July 1879 ( 5 months , 3 weeks and 2 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> South Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> British victory British annexation of the Zulu Kingdom </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> British Empire </Td> <Td> Zulu Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Earl of Beaconsfield Sir Henry Bartle Frere Lord Chelmsford Garnet Wolseley </Td> <Td> Cetshwayo kaMpande Ntshingwayo Khoza Dabulamanzi kaMpande </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 1st invasion : 15,000 -- 16,000 </P> <Ul> <Li> 6,600 British troops </Li> <Li> 9,000 Africans </Li> </Ul> <P> 17 cannons 1 Gatling gun 1 rocket battery 2nd invasion : 25,000 </P> <Ul> <Li> 16,000 British troops </Li> <Li> 7,000 Natal natives </Li> <Li> 2,000 -- 3,000 civilian transport </Li> </Ul> 10 cannons 2 Gatling guns </Td> <Td> 35,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1,902 killed 256 wounded </Td> <Td> 6,930 killed </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who was the leader of the zulu in south africa who led the fight against the british
Cetshwayo kaMpande