Forbes did write a piece on Lord Chelmsford and the Zulu War.. Arthur Harness published a response to the article in which he defends Chelmsford.
Far more critical of the press was Chelmsford’s successor, Garnet Wolseley, who entered into a war of words with William Howard Russell.
At the same time “Bobs” was doing everything he could to thwart the special correspondents with his forces In Afghanistan.
I have some satirical illustrations about such things.
JY