On this day, 146 years ago, January 11, 1879 (December 19, 1878, the Zulu War broke out in the United Kingdom. The British army suffered heavy losses in the war with the Zulu people. On January 11, 1879, the British colonists launched a long-planned war against the Zulu Kingdom after Zulu leader Kotchiwayo refused his "ultimatum". Lord Chelmsford led a British colonial army of 13,000 people across the Buffalo and Tuguera Rivers and launched a large-scale attack on the Zulu Kingdom. The Anglo-Zulian War broke out. Comments: The advanced weapons do not completely determine the course of the war. Although the outcome was unfortunate, the Zulu resistance also made the British unfortunate.