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	rorkesdriftvc.com - Isandhlwana
		The east of the plateau is wide open with no cover except among the boulders and dongas, the force had a fine field of fire with its back to Isandhlwana, observation reaching out to the escarpment and a conical hill to the east of Isandhlwana and the Malakatas.
		At 1.30pm Pulleine's line curved in an arc form the north end of Isandhlwana to a point on the rocky crest 600 yards due east of the centre of the camp, with Durnfords men forward on the right holding the donga.
		Isandhlwana and a Cairn, marking the spot where British soldiers fell, and were buried.
	www.rorkesdriftvc.com /isandhlwana/isandhlwana.htm (2293 words)

	Regiment salutes old foes on field of battle
		It was an emotional journey for the officers and men of the Royal Regiment of Wales, accompanied by the Prince of Wales's divisional band, to the rolling green hills of Zululand where British imperial troops suffered their worst defeat at the hands of a native force.
		Their green tents were pitched in rows among the monuments and cairns placed in memory of fallen British soldiers on the "saddle", site of the last stand by the imperial troops and native allies, numbering about 1,800 men, who were annihilated by some 20,000 Zulu impis on Jan 22, 1879.
		Among the British visitors was Barry Collar, a retired news agent from Isleworth, whose great-grandfather, Frederick Hitch, won one of the VCs at Rorke's Drift.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/01/23/wzulu23.html (784 words)

	Isandhlwana - LoveToKnow 1911
		ISANDHLWANA, an isolated hill in Zululand, 8 m.
		S.E. of Rorke's Drift across the Tugela river, and 105 m.
		This page was last modified 15:15, 3 Sep 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Isandhlwana (68 words)

	The Year of the Spear '79
		The mergence of the working class and intelligentsia towards the end of the last century signalled the emergence of new forces which were destined to play an important role in our struggle for national liberation, self-determination and social emancipation and this led to the transformation of the African national Congress in 1912.
		When Umkhonto we Sizwe was formed in 196, the ANC laid a foundation for producing freedom fighters of a new type; men who are inspired by the deeds of their forefathers, the grandchildren of the warriors of Isandhlwana.
		They have seized the traditional weapon of our people - the spear - they are building and strengthening their organisations the ANC, mobilising the people and in the tradition of the warriors of Isandhlwana they are thrusting the spear into the bosom of the enemy.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/mk/year-spear.html (554 words)

	GENUKI: Welsh Soldiers in the Zulu War
		As Isandhlwana was only intended to be a temporary halt before the next stage of the advance to Isipezi, twelve miles further on, no entrenchments nor laagers were constructed.
		Despite reports that the Zulus were concentrating their forces against Isandhlwana, the situation as seen through the glass seemed normal and under control so that it was not until afternoon that Chelmsford decided to return to camp, still unaware that anything was seriously wrong.
		There is also considerable justification for the belief that the casualties inflicted upon the Zulus at Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift, albeit at a very heavy cost to the 24th, made the final defeat of Cetewayo at Ulundi a matter of comparative ease.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/wal/Zulu.html (6061 words)

	Military Prints, Isandhlwana
		At the end of the Battle of Isandhlwana, the last few soldiers of the South Wales Borderers, 24th Regiment of Foot, hold out till their last rounds of ammunition in the foothills of the mountain.
		Private Wassall, whilst escaping the debacle of Isandhlwana, was being pursued by Zulu warriors as he made his way down the Buffalo River, the border between Zululand and Natal.
		The Last of the 24th by Stuart Liptrot At the end of the Battle of Isandhlwana, the last few soldiers of the South Wales Borderers, 24th Regiment of Foot, hold out till their last rounds of ammunition in the foothills of the mountain.
	www.zuluwar.com /isandhlwana.htm (1766 words)

	Isandhlwana
		This reduced the strength of the garrison at Isandhlwana to just over one third of what it had been two days before, when the camp was first established.
		He had reached the Mission Station at Rorke’s Drift three days before and this morning had ridden to Isandhlwana to clarify his orders as to whether he was required to stay at the Mission Station, or, move forward to the camp.
		The Zulus had now descended from the plateau and were on the plain, stretching from the spur and around the natives at the knuckle and down the front of the camp.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /historyfile/zulu_isandhlwana.htm (4875 words)

	Isandhlwana
		The camp at Isandhlwana was deserted, the orgy of destruction had spent itself.
		Hamilton-Browne was on the long twelve miles back to Isandhlwana, it was a hot day and his Natal Kaffirs were in a state of collapse.
		There were approaching eighteen hundred men in the camp at Isandhlwana at noon on the 22nd January 1879.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /historyfile/zulu_return.htm (4653 words)

	Isandhlwana
		The camp at Isandhlwana was left to the command of brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Pulleine, who had taken over the
		in an arc form the north end of Isandhlwana to a point on the rocky crest 600 yards due east of the centre of the camp,
		The last hours of Isandhlwana were witnessed by Hamilton-Bronwe whose battalion was 5 miles from camp when
	www.36regimentra.org.uk /ZuluWar1879/id5.htm (2646 words)

	Zululand und Battlefield Route \| wissen.de
		Januar 1879, in deren Verlauf etwa 20 000 Zulus ein britisches Regiment schlugen und damit ihren einzigen bedeutenden Sieg über die Rotröcke von der Insel erfochten.
		Nur etwa 30 km von Isandhlwana entfernt, jenseits unwegsamer Berge, fand an der Rorke’s Drift (Tel.
		Januar 1879 die Fortsetzung der Schlacht von Isandhlwana statt, bei der sich nun rund 100 Briten über zwölf Stunden lang einer Übermacht von etwa 4000 Zulus erfolgreich erwehren konnten.
	www.wissen.de /wde/generator/wissen/ressorts/reisen/reisefuehrer/sudafrika/index,page=1654244.html (728 words)

	Slouch-hat.com.au :: Australian Army Military History :: Books, Maps&Others Publications
		In addition, there are entries covering such topics as Concentration Camps, Health, Nursing, Scorched Earth Policy etc. Appendices include a Chronology of the three wars; lists of all Victoria Cross winners and the 597 members of Australian units who died in the Boer War.
		The major battles of the Zulu War such as Rorke's Drift and Isandhlwana are covered, as are the later British battles like Majuba, Magersfontein, Spion Kop and Colenso, plus major Australian actions like Diamond Hill, Elands River, Koster River, Pink Hill, Sunnyside and Wilmansrust.
		Includes over 650 entries covering the Zulu War 1879, the First Boer War of 1810-81, and the Second Boer War of 1899-1902 incl.VC and Australian Honour Roll)
	www.slouch-hat.com.au /html/publications.htm (2445 words)

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