Template:Did you know nominations/1878 Natal-Zululand border incident
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:35, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
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1878 Natal-Zululand border incident
- ... that the detention of two British surveyors for around an hour in 1878 formed part of the justification for the Anglo-Zulu War? Source: "The warriors splashed through the shallows and detained the men for an hour" from page 285 and "a rambling ultimatum ... a further fine of 100 head of cattle was to be paid for the offense committed agauinst Smith and Deighton" from page 287 and "the terms of his ultimatum, as he well knew, were completely unworkable .. he had committed Her Majesty's Government to an invasion of an independent country" from page 288 of: Morris, Donald R. (1965). The Washing of the Spears. Pen and Sword. ISBN 067-1-63108-X.
Created by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 12:23, 28 February 2022 (UTC).
New article that was moved to mainspace on 28 February 2022 is 4,411 characters and nominated on the same day. No copyvios detected (AGF all refs re. any close paraphrasing issues, since none can go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Hook is 127 characters long (under 200 character max.) and is interesting. AGF book for ref 1 (verifying the hook) which is offline. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 07:13, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
