I wonder about the difference in outcomes. Did the second force survive comparable odds because of better leadership, better training, better geography, or some other factor. I thank God every day for the leadership our country finally has, and I pray that President Trump will be up to the job.
Poor Victoria.
Zulu - staring Michael Caine
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058777/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_126
My Michael Caine movie
The Battle of Rorke’s drift earned a record number of soldiers the victoria cross.
Zulu: my favorite movie. I watch it at least once a year. I believe it was also Michael Caine’s first movie. And Second Hand Lion was his last. Both are in our personal library. Zulu portrays small unit leadership at its best.
The Brits at that time were invaders, and needed killing.
No, it wasn't. At Bemis Heights in October, 1777, during the War of the American Revolution, a native army captured an entire British army of around 7,000.