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The one British fatality, as envisaged by The Illustrated London News

The Zungeni Mountain skirmish took place on 5 June 1879 between British and Zulu forces in what is now South Africa during the later stages of the Anglo-Zulu War. British irregular cavalry discovered a force of 300 Zulus at the settlement of eZulaneni near Zungeni Mountain. The horsemen charged and scattered the Zulus, burnt the settlement, and withdrew after coming under fire from Zulus who threatened to surround them. Reinforced by more irregulars and a force of regular cavalry, two British squadrons approached the Zulu position, but could not close as the Zulus were in an area of bushes and long grass. Zulu fire killed a British officer; the British withdrew after the Zulus moved to outflank them. British casualties were one killed and two wounded; two months later, the remains of 25 Zulus were found on the battlefield. After the skirmish the British paused before proceeding further into Zululand, where they decisively defeated the Zulus at the 4 July Battle of Ulundi. (Full article...)

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In nearly 30 years of operation, the American video game developer Volition developed 18 titles, as well as at least 6 titles that were cancelled while in development. It was founded in 1993 by programmers Mike Kulas and Matt Toschlog as Parallax Software. The company grew to eight employees while developing its first game, the first-person spaceship shooter Descent (1995), which was released to widespread acclaim. After the release of Descent II (1996), the two founders split the company, with Toshlog moving to Michigan with some of the employees and founding Outrage Entertainment, while Kulas remained in Illinois and renamed the company to Volition. Volition went on to develop the space combat games Descent: FreeSpace (1998) and FreeSpace 2 (1999) before being bought by THQ in 2000. Volition developed the Red Faction series of shooter games beginning in 2001, as well as the Saints Row series of action-adventure "gang simulator" games beginning in 2006. Volition was shut down on August 31, 2023. (Full list...)

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