Zulu Dawn:“Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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Subject: Rorkes drift defenders killed by gun shot Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:23 am
Not sure if this has been covered before, it's just a simple question. Of all those defenders killed by gunshot. Was it ever established if they were hit by musket ball or MH rounds.
90th
Posts : 10326 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Rorkes Drift Killed By Gunshot Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:56 am
Hi Impi. No Rorke's Drift defenders were either killed or wounded from M.H Bullets according to ' Surgical Experiences In The Zulu and Transvaal Wars - 1879 - 1881 by Dugald Blair Brown . Cheers 90th.
24th
Posts : 1857 Join date : 2009-03-25
Subject: Re: Rorkes drift defenders killed by gun shot Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:16 pm
I wonder why Col sgt Bourne said they were using our own rifles against us.
Subject: RD Defenders killed by gun shot Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:33 pm
Hi 24th.
Some MH rifles would have been captured by the zulus from the fugitives fleeing iSandlwana.
Dave
Posts : 1604 Join date : 2009-09-21
Subject: Re: Rorkes drift defenders killed by gun shot Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:37 pm
But would they have had ammuntion. And I'm guessing most of the rifles would have been fairly useless.
Drummer Boy 14
Posts : 2002 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 24
Subject: Re: Rorkes drift defenders killed by gun shot Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:13 pm
A. Greaves found MH ammo on the hills the Zulus were shooting from, apparently the farmers come across the cases quite frequently.
littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: Rorkes drift defenders killed by gun shot Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:06 pm
Bit hard to believe as the Zulu preferred to bite off the heads of the MH bullets to get at the powder. And then we have to go back to their lack of knowledge with regards to the use of the MH.
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