Zulu warriors prisoners

Guest

Hi all

How do Zulu warriors were prisoners during the war and have them arrive ?

Cheers

Pascal

Posts : 627 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 46

Subject: Re: Zulu warriors prisoners Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:51 pm

Your question makes no sense Pascal, please could you rephrase it?

Guest

The British killed about 8000 Zulu in 1879...

They captured how Zulus in the war ...?

Cheers

Pascal

Subject: Re: Zulu warriors prisoners Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:14 pm

Good question Pascal.
The Brits were in the Zulus' country so it would have been pointless holding prisoners for any length of time.
I remember seeing pictures of Zulu warriors sitting on the ground after Ulundi, but I don't know how long they would have been detained for.
Cetshwayo, Mehlokazulu and other induna were of course detained and interrogated but how much interest LC and the Brits would have had in ordinary Zulu warriors/farmers would have probably been very little.

Guest

After the end of each carnage of the hunting of the defeated zulus impis after each British victory ,there were inevitably Zulu warriors captured...

No prisoners in battle by the british army ???

Cheers

Pascal

Guest

I find it odd that in some books, it is said, for example:

it has been done such a quantity of zulu prisoners in this war.

This is what is usually found for other conflicts, even against the Indians of North America ...

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I guess there were loads of prisoners taken, dont think we will ever know what happen to them. I suspect most of the prisoners were wounded in one way or another.

Guest

Yes there are things weird with this war, compared to others, so cruel ...

Subject: Re: Zulu warriors prisoners Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:18 pm

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Guest

bravo

To Ulundi, we need to know what were the Zulu regiments of the reserve ...

The most interesting part of this battle is when the 6,000 men of this reserve falls on the square of Chelmsford...

Guest

Well they made a handful of prisoners ...

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But at least the British took prisoners ... The Zulus only took one alive, but intended on killing him..

Guest

Yes, but this guy was captured by women, otherwise he would have been killed ...

Subject: Re: Zulu warriors prisoners Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:57 pm

Quote :: Subject: Re: Zulu warriors prisoners Today at 6:30 am
Yes, but this guy was captured by women, otherwise he would have been killed ...

Guest

This affair is well known, Grandier was captured by women of the clan Abaqulusi after Hlobane ...

Subject: Re: Zulu warriors prisoners Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:01 pm

littlehand wrote:

Quote :: Subject: Re: Zulu warriors prisoners Today at 6:30 am
Yes, but this guy was captured by women, otherwise he would have been killed ...

Pascal, I could introduce you to some women..........
I wouldn't want to be captured by women of any race, creed or nationality, whose husbands I had just killed... scratch

Guest

If I tell them that I have the French nationality, she will make an exception ...

Subject: Re: Zulu warriors prisoners Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:16 pm

:lol:

She will probably want you to replace that husband you'd just killed!

Guest

Normal with a nice guy like me ... :lol:

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