During this battle the victors organized covered wagons into a fortified circle known as a "laager," and an assegai hit Andries Pretorius in the hand, which was one of three wounds inflicted on the 474 defenders by the 15,000-man Zulu army.  
Commemoration of this battle falls annually on the "Day of the Vow," which since the 1990s has been known as "reconciliation day."  Fought on the banks of a tributary of the Buffalo, it was precipitated by the one of the participant's forces smashing women and babies against rocks during an earlier engagement at Bloukrans.  During this battle the victors organized covered wagons into a fortified circle known as a "laager," and an assegai hit Andries Pretorius in the hand, which was one of three wounds inflicted on the 474 defenders by the 15,000-man Zulu army.  FTP, name this engagement which saw the defeat of Dingane, a major turning point for the Voortrekkers in the Zulu war.
Commemoration of this battle falls annually on the "Day of the Vow," which since the 1990s has been known as "reconciliation day."  
Battle of Blood River