Rorke's Drift

By: Adrian Greaves

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Paperback | 11 September 2003 | Edition Number 1

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The story of the bravest battle ever fought.

On 22nd January 1879 a force of 20,000 Zulus overwhelmed and destroyed the British invading force at Isandlwana, killing and ritually disemboweling over 1200 troops. That afternoon, the same Zulu force turned their attention on a small outpost at Rorke''s Drift.

The battle that ensued, one of the British Army''s great epics, has since entered into legend. Throughout the night 85 men held off six full-scale Zulu attacks at the cost of only 27 casualties, forcing the Zulu army to withdraw. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded for bravery shown on that night, the largest number for any one engagement in history.

But as Adrian Greaves''s new research shows there are several things about the myth of Rorke''s Drift that don''t add up. While it was the scene of undoubted bravery, it was also the scene of some astonishing cases of cowardice, and there is increasing evidence to suggest that the legend of Rorke''s Drift was created to divert attention from the appalling British mistakes which caused the earlier defeat at Isandlwana.

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List of Illustrations and Maps	p. 7
Acknowledgements	p. 9
Chronology	p. 11

Introduction	p. 17
The Invaders of Zululand	p. 43
The Zulus	p. 54
Springboard to War	p. 69
Isandlwana, 22 January 1879	p. 83
Rorke's Drift; The Prelude	p. 98
The Battle of Rorke's Drift	p. 112
The Aftermath of Battle	p. 130
Helpmekaar	p. 161
Explanations	p. 174
Pulling the Strings--Awards and Campaign medals	p. 184
War's End	p. 196

Medical Treatment of the Wounded	p. 205
Personalities and Defenders at Rorke's Drift	p. 215
An Examination of the Rolls of Rorke's Drift Defenders	p. 297
The Rorke's Drift Medal Citations	p. 309
Origins and History of the 24th Regiment	p. 324
Archaeological Investigations at the Battlefield	p. 334
A Visitor's Guide to Rorke's Drift	p. 346
Appendices
The Two Chard Reports	p. 353
The Bromhead Report and Letters	p. 382
Colonel Glyn's Report	p. 389
Surgeon Reynolds's Report	p. 399
The Bourne Report	p. 405
Assessment of Martini-Henry Rifle use by the Zulus at Rorke's Drift	p. 411
Application from the Swedish Government for Protection of its Mission Station	p. 416
Bibliography	p. 418
Notes	p. 421
Index	p. 438
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