Under the command of Ntshingwayo kaMahole and Mavumengwana kaNdlela, the main Zulu army outmanoeuvred, divided, and annihilated the British centre column at the bloody Battle of Isandhlwana on January 22, 1879. Their strategy was traditionally Zulu—the "charging buffalo". Two "horns" trapped the British forces as the "chest" attacked; meanwhile the "loins" were waiting to pursue any men still capable of retreat.
