{"id":83171,"date":"2025-05-15T01:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=83171"},"modified":"2025-05-15T01:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:21:49","slug":"know-your-real-white-history-the-battle-of-blood-river-1838","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/know-your-real-white-history-the-battle-of-blood-river-1838\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Real White History: The Battle of Blood River (1838)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70562 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Boer3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Boer3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Boer3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Battle of Blood River (16 December 1838) was fought on the bank of the Ncome River, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between 464 Voortrekkers, led by Andries Pretorius, and an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 Zulu. \/<\/h2>\n<h2>Estimations of casualties amounted to <strong><em>over 3,000 of King Dingane&#8217;s soldiers dead,<\/em><\/strong> including two Zulu princes competing with Prince Mpande for the Zulu throne.<\/h2>\n<h2>Three Voortrekker commando members were<strong><em> lightly wounded<\/em><\/strong>, including Pretorius.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Battle of Blood River | Zulus Vs Boers | Total War Cinematic Battle\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D7FY99yVTR4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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