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| Picture No | 10018401 |
| Date | 22nd-23rd January 1879 |
| Description | Zulu War: Rorke's Drift 1879 |
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Rorke's Drift: 4,000 Zulus attack the outpost defended by Lieutenant John Chard(1847-1897) and Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead(1845-1891) with only 139 men; the Zulus lose 400, 25 British are killed or wounded.
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| Source | W.H. Overend in Cassell's history |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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