A Leominster antiques shop is preparing for a huge sale, as it presents a rare medal from the Zulu war, for £40,000.
which was the equivalent of the battle that happened later the same day as Isandlawana - Rorke’s Drift, 12 kilometres away, where a garrison made up of mostly injured men held off the marauding ...
They earned a fearsome reputation in the late 19th century when they inflicted the biggest defeat Britain had ever suffered at the hands of Natives. A young tribe that had grown quickly into a ...
Cy Endfield’s well-regarded war drama depicts the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, which took place during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. Zulu has been accused by some critics of racism, with recent ...
A battalion of British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift, quickly finding themselves outnumbered and in grave danger.
The 1880 Battle of Rorke’s Drift pitted just more than 100 British redcoats against as many as 4,000 Zulu warriors. The enduring memory of the battle isn’t just the 11 Victoria Crosses awarded ...
The Zulu War of 1879 exercises an enduring appeal ... under heavy fire (he was killed seconds later); Leading Signalman Aynsley, the one sailor in the battle, steadfastly plied his cutlass until borne ...
King Charles showed a deeply personal side on this extraordinary and unique card. Find out more about it here.
The against-the-odds British victory at the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, which had taken place 35 years earlier during the Zulu War, was invoked as the team survived the loss of three more players ...