retreating from the battle were overtaken and killed by British mounted troops and furthermore, many wounded warriors died fore they could reach home and help, the following day 157 bodies were counted along the line of retreat with reports of more in the distance. The official British estimation in the War Office narrative put the total Zulu losses of dead and wounded at "nearly 2,000". The Zulus thought that their casualties were at least as high or higher than those suffered at Isandlwana. The British suffered casualties of 18 British soldiers killed, 8 officers and 57 men wounded, 11 of whom later died. In 1995 Ron Lock wrote that the morning after the battle, an officer, James Francis, found 800 Zulu dead within an radius of the camp and that probably another 1,500 Zulu were killed along the line of the pursuit. A pit long and deep was dug to bury the Zulu dead; the British suffered 83 men killed or wounded. See also Military history of South Africa Footnotes References Further reading External links Natal Native Horseman at Kambula battle-of-khambula Travellers Impressions Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Khambul Kambula 1879 in the Zulu Kingdom History of KwaZulu-Natal March 1879 events Kambula Kambula