Found it. Lost it.

Posts : 2307 Join date : 2010-07-02 Age : 41

Can anyone help? I have seen it on the forum. But cannot find it again. It was a discussion that included a post about a Soldier that was presumably tortured to death by the Zulu.

Subject: torture Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:07 am

hi impi .
Not sure where it is but I think I may have posted a reply , of course you are referring to Trpr Rubenheim who was
killed in a skirmish the day before Ulundi when the zulus almost ambushed Buller and his mounted force .
I think by memory another couple were also killed in the same action . This same action resulted in Sgt . Edmund
O' Toole being awarded the VC for helping Lord Beresford save Sgt Fitzmaurice , Fitzmaurice was lifted up onto
Beresford's horse by Beresford while O'Toole held back the zulus , O'Toole had to hand up his weapon and help
Fitzmaurice stay in the saddle as Fitzmaurice was a little stunned after his fall , with the zulus gaining on them there
wasnt an armed man between O'Toole and the enemy.
cheers 90th.

Subject: found it , lost it , I found it . Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:56 am

hi Impi.
I have found what you are looking for , go to the General Discussion link , go to the index find page 4 , the title is
' Banging me head against a wall ' . it is the 6th post from the bottom of page 4 .
cheers 90th.

Subject: Re: Found it. Lost it. Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:58 pm

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Subject: lost it found it Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:25 pm

Hi Pete.
Thanks pete . Idea

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cheers 90th.

Posts : 3096 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

Hi impi

This is a good illustration of the only European prisoner of war taken by the Zulus during the campaign.

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