Posted on 01/22/2018 5:22:39 AM PST by Bull Snipe
Not natives, British citizens.
After 1600, everyone except the Hottentots were invaders in southern Africa.
A lot of it was the difference in leadership. At Isandlwana (from what I have read), the troops actually ran out of cartridges. They were then overwhelmed by sheer numbers.
The cartridges were in heavy wooden boxes that took a while to open with conventional tools (they were reusable and reused, so the people in charge of them did not want to damage the heavy boxes). The troops were actually shooting the ammunition faster than they were being unboxed. They would have been better off breaking the boxes open with axes or something similar.
Contrary to the Movie, the 24th Foot was the 2nd Warwickshire Regiment from 1782 until 1881. In 1881 it was retitled 24th Foot “South Wales Borderers”.
Yeah but there weren't any stirring Warwickshire tunes for the soundtrack.
Don’t trust movies to tell the truth. Capt. Bromhead, B Co. commander was skilled professional soldier. He commanded the company for 10 years prior to Rorke’s Drift. He had all the defensive positions in place except the mealy bag wall across the compound before Capt. Chard arrived at Rorke’s drift. Bromhead was not a country gentlemen who purchased his commission. Pvt. Hitch was a model soldier, not the good for nothing gold brick as portrayed in the movie.
I never do.
But it has been a while. I may have to crack open my copy of The Washing of the Spears to verify.
The Zulus were Africans. The English, Dutch, etc. were not.
My understanding is the incursion was done without Royal or parliamentary approval and after the disaster was replaced. That might be part of what your referring to. The replacement looked down upon some of the VCs that were awarded at Roarke’s saying they were just to cover up for the blunders of the first battle. The link at Wiki I provided above has some stuff on that at the bottom in the aftermath section. I was mainly looking at the tactics and differences between the successful repulse vs the prior massacre.
Thank you. My library had “Zulu”. It was good.
But did we slaughter them?
Both are very good.
British Citizens. We had not won the Revolution yet. If the Brits had won, we would have remained British Citizens.
After the Declaration of Independence was ratified by Congress, we became American citizens. And most of those who fought for our independence were natives, because they were born here.
Eh, Eh? I’d welcome a list. Always willing to learn.
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