Isandlwana /
The Zulu handed the British one of the biggest disasters in their colonial history. Ignoring orders to the contrary, Viscount Chelmsford led his troops into Zululand in 1879, establishing a camp at Islandlwana. But, while Chelmsford and about half his men were away trying to intercept a Zulu force,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Cassell,
2001.
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| Series: | Cassell's Fields of battle.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | The Zulu handed the British one of the biggest disasters in their colonial history. Ignoring orders to the contrary, Viscount Chelmsford led his troops into Zululand in 1879, establishing a camp at Islandlwana. But, while Chelmsford and about half his men were away trying to intercept a Zulu force, the camp was hit by a surprise attack. When the Viscount returned the next day, the area was strewn with bodies: of the 1600 troops, all but 55 Europeans and 300 natives had been killed.Armed with new information from recent excavation of the battle site, and important never-before-published documents, Adrian Greaves challenges all previous interpretations of the attack that proved once and for all that the British army was not invincible. |
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| Physical Description: | 216 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0304357006 9780304357000 |