22 Jan 2020
Lest We Forget: Rorke’s Drift
"Zulu" (1964), Rorke's Drift
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Lady Butler, The Defense of Rorke’s Drift, 1880, Royal Collection.
Battle of Rorke’s Drift, 22-23 January 1879, Natal, South Africa.
139–141 men from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, 11 colonial troops, and 4 civilians versus roughly 4000 Zulus. Result: British victory.
From “Zulu” (1964).
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