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Dec 16, 2020 · An album of photographs showing the aftermath of the Battle of Rorke's Drift, belonging to the British officer who won a Victoria Cross for leading the valiant 12-hour defence of a British...
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The Battle of Rorke's Drift, is one of the most famous and celebrated British battles of the Victorian era. Eleven Victoria Crosses were won in the course of...
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Here 150 soldiers managed to fend off 4,000 Zulu warriors, allowing Britain to distract its citizens from disastrous encounters such as the Battle of Isandlwana. Discover how this small force ...
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On 22 January 1879, 20,000 Zulu warriors launched a surprise attack against Chelmsford's camp at Isandlwana. Underprepared and dangerously strung out, the majority of the 1,700 British soldiers there were killed. View this object. Dabulamanzi kaMpande (centre) led the Zulus at Rorke's Drift, c1879.
The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful British defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift, under the command of Lieutenants John Chard of the Royal Engineers and Gonville Bromhead, of the 24th Regiment of Foot began once a large contingent of Zulu ...
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