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Guest Guest
 | Subject: In your opinion... Mon 30 Jan 2012 - 7:17 | |
| Hi all
In your opinion, what time the morning of January 22, 1879, Where to should ,Pulleine and /or Durnford , according to reports they had, making the right defensive dispositon could have prevented the massacre?
And why?
Cheers
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Guest Guest
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Tue 31 Jan 2012 - 15:21 | |
| Pulleine and Durnford have not see it coming ? |
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littlehand

Posts : 7086 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 52 Location : Down South.
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Tue 31 Jan 2012 - 15:29 | |
| They were to busy having Breakfast, and arguing about who was in-commard. |
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Drummer Boy 14

Posts : 1998 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 23
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Tue 31 Jan 2012 - 15:32 | |
| The new orders Lord C issued did not mention anything on fortifations being built in case of a Zulu attack Every one belived they could beat the Zulus without them. Cheers |
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Mr M. Cooper

Posts : 2522 Join date : 2011-09-29 Location : Lancashire, England.
 | Subject: In your opinion Tue 31 Jan 2012 - 15:55 | |
| In my opinion, Chelmsford should have left orders with Pulleine, to give to Durnford on his arrival at the camp if he wished him to take command.
Pulleine could, and should, have done a lot more than he did to find out more about the numbers of Zulus that had been reported in the area, and should have done a lot better than he did at organising some sort of defence for the camp long before Dunford arrived.
DB is right, there was far too much complacency. |
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Drummer Boy 14

Posts : 1998 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 23
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Tue 31 Jan 2012 - 16:03 | |
| On first hearing of thousands of Zulus advancing on the camp Pulline's first steps should have been
Stand all the Men to
Send a trusty officer out to find and report back the size of the enemy
Send a report to his OC telling him what was happening
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Guest Guest
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Tue 31 Jan 2012 - 16:20 | |
| Good evening everyone
What I find strange is that between the first sighting of the Zulu and the beginning of the attack, no one really worried.
Yet the Zulus had been spotted in large numbers several times,
then they should be in front of Dartnell and Chelmsford,
Durnford was completely stuck on their intentions and Pulleine began to wake up at noon...
Cheers
Pascal |
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90th

Posts : 10178 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
 | Subject: In your opinion . Tue 31 Jan 2012 - 23:34 | |
| Hi all . Pascal you need to look at the situation in 1879 , not the year 2012 after we know what's happened . Never once did Pulleine or anyone in the camp expect to be attacked . Chelmesford was worried that he wouldnt be able to get the zulu to fight a pitched battle , let alone attack a camp with over 1200 people in it . I've read were Pulleine had mentioned he would be happy for the zulu's to attack , '' so we can give them a right Thrashing '' or words to that effect , not sure who overheard it , or where I saw it . But , I have read it in 2 or 3 Books / Publications . cheers 90th. |
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Guest Guest
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Wed 1 Feb 2012 - 8:18 | |
| Garry
If with all the reports received since 8.00 am, Pulleine did not expect to be attacked is much he despised the Zulu, but above all he lacked imagination ...
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Pascal |
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Guest Guest
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Sun 8 Sep 2013 - 14:47 | |
| Pulleine had mentioned he would be happy for the zulu's to attack .Also Here is one, who died happy ! |
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Guest Guest
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Mon 9 Sep 2013 - 7:09 | |
| Virtually everyone agrees, it's good ! |
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Chard1879

Posts : 1261 Join date : 2010-04-12
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Mon 9 Sep 2013 - 12:57 | |
| - Pascal MAHE wrote:
- Virtually everyone agrees, it's good !
Again!! Why? you seemed to asking and answering you own questions, then assume everyone agrees with you? |
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Guest Guest
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Mon 9 Sep 2013 - 13:02 | |
| Same answer as previously |
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24th

Posts : 1851 Join date : 2009-03-25
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Mon 9 Sep 2013 - 16:57 | |
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Guest Guest
 | Subject: Re: In your opinion... Tue 10 Sep 2013 - 6:19 | |
| As I say aillor to Chard1879: that is to say that "that say nothing consent" |
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