 British casualties were ten killed and eighty-seven wounded, while nearly five hundred Zulu dead were counted around the square; another 1,000 or more were wounded.Chelmsford ordered the Royal Kraal of Ulundi to be burnt – the capital of Zululand burned for days.Chelmsford turned over command to Wolseley on 15 July at the fort at St. Paul's, leaving for home on the 17th.