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Hlobane and Khambula - The Forgotten Epic of How the Anglo-Zulu War was Lost and Won (Hardcover)
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Hlobane and Khambula - The Forgotten Epic of How the Anglo-Zulu War was Lost and Won (Hardcover)
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While the Anglo-Zulu War is now best remembered for two battles,
the stunning British defeat at Isandlwana and the victory against
the odds at Rorke's Drift, two others at Hlobane and Khambula
eerily mirrored them. At Hlobane the British stared disaster in the
face again and just about escaped, while at Khambula they inflicted
a crushing defeat on the Zulu army and turned the war on its head.
In addition to these two battles, a British force was massacred on
the Ntombe River and the region was the last to surrender. It was a
war of ambushes and night attacks, of raids and counter-raids, of
visceral intensity and bitterness and two massive battles. It also
saw the British hanging on after Isandlwana through the
determination and grit of two men, Colonels Evelyn Wood and Redvers
Buller, both Victoria Cross winners and arguably amongst the
greatest heroes of the war. Humbler heroes too play their part in
the story of the war in this part of Zululand, such as Sister Janet
Wells, inspired by Florence Nightingale to journey out to South
Africa as a pioneer nurse when still in her teens. This is the
dramatic story of a true epic, one which played a critical part in
shaping the ultimate British victory against a determined and
wronged enemy.
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