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Cetewayo didn’t attend any of the meetings with the British
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Dave
Posts : 1604 Join date : 2009-09-21
Subject: Cetewayo didn’t attend any of the meetings with the British Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:27 pm
It there any reason, why Cetewayo didn’t attend any of the meetings with the British prior to the invasion. If he were so keen on keeping the peace surly before the war started would have been a good time to negotiate, not during when the odds were stacked against him. Or did he ??
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Chelmsfordthescapegoat
Posts : 2594 Join date : 2009-04-24
Subject: Re: Cetewayo didn’t attend any of the meetings with the British Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:30 pm
Hi Dave. Don’t really know. But I expect Cetewayo could have said why didn’t the great white Queen attend. After all he was the King.
90th
Posts : 10677 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
hi Dave . I am having a stab here in saying that Cetswayo DIDNT KNOW that he was going to be at war with the British until his Indunas arrived back from the meeting of 11th Dec , as the British attended his so called coronation a few years earlier and Shepstone even gave him some sort of crown to mark the occasion . Cetswayo basically was never going to be the aggressor , he was happy to wait for an invasion and then act once the british had crossed the river into his land . I think , he thought he could defeat the invading forces and maybe a truce would be declared . Also he is the king , I wouldnt think he should be going in person as he may have feared capture or worse !. Throughout history I dont think I can recall any instance where a reigning monarch has left his own land and travelled to another who had made overtones of war against them . Hope this helps and makes sense :) .
cheers 90th.
Cetewayo didn’t attend any of the meetings with the British
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