Zulu Dawn:Corporal Storey : [to the soldier next to him, referring to the ammunition] Soft 'eaded buggers these. Flatten out against the bone. Smash 'em out. Storey's mate: But bullets run out... and those bloody spears don 't.
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I notice there an old stone wall topped with mealie bags, would that wall have been part of one of the original buildings.
90th
Posts : 10023 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 63 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Rorke's Drift June 1884 to November 84 Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:49 am
Ulundi No , they were built after the battle . There were no existing ( man made ) rock , or brick walls used as barriers , during the battle of Jan 22-23 , 1879 , the only barriers were made from Mealie Bags , sacks , and biscuit boxes etc etc . Happy to be corrected 90th
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7366 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 72 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Rorkes Drift June 1884 to November 1884 Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:57 am
Except for the cattle kraal
John Young
Posts : 2013 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 64 Location : Lower Sheering, Essex
Subject: Re: Rorkes Drift June 1884 to November 1884 Sat Apr 25, 2015 6:48 am
Ulundi,
The photograph you posted above was taken at Fort Northampton. Which was on the Zulu bank of the Buffalo (Mzinyathi) River.
It was therefore on the opposite side of the river to the Mission Station which was defended in 1879.
John Y.
Ulundi
Posts : 558 Join date : 2012-05-05
Subject: Re: Rorkes Drift June 1884 to November 1884 Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:32 am
That will do John, thanks.
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7366 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 72 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Rorkes Drift June 1884 to November 1884 Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:02 am
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