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Battlefields is in the northern part of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. During the nineteenth century it was the scene of battles between the Zulu and the Voortrekkers (Boers) (1838), between the British and the Zulu (1879) and between the British and the Boers (1899-1902).
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