Lieutenant John Chard: What's our strength? Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Seven officers including surgeon, commissaries and so on; Adendorff now I suppose; wounded and sick 36, fit for duty 97 and about 40 native levies. Not much of an army for you.
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Posts : 8374 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 75 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Unidentified battle with Zulu warriors Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:07 am
Dave Wouldnt think it would be Blood River. That was fought from behind a waagon lager and later on horseback. Most of the Boer/Zulu fights were from a Lager. A possibility is that its not a Zulu force but rather Shona, looking at the head gear, in which case it would be in the Northern Transvaal or Rhodesia area. Regards
Springbok 9
Dave
Posts : 1604 Join date : 2009-09-21
Subject: Re: Unidentified battle with Zulu warriors Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:15 am
Thank Springbok.
I really don't know. I was going by the type of sheilds which I thought were only used by the zulu.
Dave.
Frank Allewell
Posts : 8374 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 75 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Unidentified battle with Zulu warriors Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:01 am
Dave The Matabiele from Rhodesia were originally a Zulu tribe could be something like that. Seem to recall Rhodes sent a flying column up to the area composed of Boer and ex miners from the Transvaal. Could easily be a depiction of that. Maybe even a bunch of Chelsea supporters celebrating a win????????
Regards :lol!:
ADMIN
Posts : 4310 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 63 Location : KENT
Subject: Re: Unidentified battle with Zulu warriors Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:15 pm
Dave. Traditional Zulus from Rhodesia. Notice the headdress and shields. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
keith4698
Posts : 36 Join date : 2009-09-29
Subject: Re: Unidentified battle with Zulu warriors Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:03 pm
The weapons being used by the europeans look like flintlocks so it may be Blood River, but their dress is later
Regards
Keith
old historian2
Posts : 1095 Join date : 2009-01-14 Location : East London
Subject: Re: Unidentified battle with Zulu warriors Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:27 pm
Are the guy's with the guns in a trench of some sort. As the Zulu's seemed to be coming over the top.
90th
Posts : 10621 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: unidentfied battle Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:47 am
hi all. I dont think it is from any battle , It seems plenty of artistic license was used to paint a picture showing what it may be like when you confront african warriors in a battle situation. cheers 90th.
ps. Forgot to add , going by the picture the battle would have been over very shortly in regard to the flintlocks used , it seems by a native contingent.
littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 54 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: Unidentified battle with Zulu warriors Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:27 pm
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