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Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There - Volume II (Hardcover)
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Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There - Volume II (Hardcover)
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"Yes you have beaten us; you had the best guns, but we have the
best men . . . But we'll fight again in two or three years' time."
- Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande (who led the Zulu at Rorke's Drift)
On 22 January 1879, during the final hour of the Battle of
Isandlwana - one of the greatest disasters ever to befall British
troops during the Victorian era - a very different story was about
to unfold a few miles away at the mission station of Rorke's Drift.
A Zulu force of more than 3,000 warriors had turned their attention
to the small outpost, defended by around 150 British and Imperial
troops. The odds of the British surviving were staggeringly low.
The British victory that ensued, therefore, would go down as one of
the most heroic actions of all time, and has fascinated military
history enthusiasts for decades. In this classic work, Anglo-Zulu
War experts Lee Stevenson, Alan Baynham-Jones and Ian Knight
examine a wide range of personal testimonies from those present at
Rorke's Drift, while also presenting a clear overview of the battle
in its entirety. By reading this account, readers will gain an
impressive, unique breadth of knowledge about one of the most epic
battles in British history. This updated edition includes even more
first-person accounts from the combatants on both the British and
Zulu sides. Providing personal, microscopic accounts of events,
while at the same time presenting a clear overview of the battle in
its entirety, this second volume completes the collection of
accounts of the defenders of Rorke's Drift and also includes
contemporary accounts of those who saw the immediate aftermath of
the battle.
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