Picture No | 10218333 |
Date | 1879 |
Description | The Zulu war. Graves of the 17 men who fell in the defence o |
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140 British soldiers defended the fort and hospital at Rorke's Drift from 3,000 zulu warriors on the same day that the British suffered their heaviest defeat of the war at Isandhlwana, January 22nd 1879.
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Source | The Graphic. 1879. p 428. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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