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203: The Last Stand of the Shangani Patrol, 1893
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The Shangani Patrol: Major Wilson’s Last Stand Against Impossible Odds (1893)
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On December 4th, 1893, near the banks of the Shangani River in what is now Zimbabwe, fewer than 30 British soldiers under Major Allan Wilson made their final stand against over 3,000 Matabele warriors.
Surrounded, outnumbered, and cut off from reinforcements by a raging river, these men fought until their ammunition ran out.
Legend says that as the enemy made their final charge, the…
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