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: Artillerymen or infantrymen ? Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:23 am
Hello to all
A Hlobane, there were two Rocket Party :
The party of the Major Tremblett - 7 officers and men + 1 rocket trough.
And that of the Lieut.Bigge, RA. - 10 officers and men + 1 rocket trough.
1 - Knowing by whom, were served the 2 Armstrong 6 - pdrs,I'd like to know if all the servants of these two rocket troughs were men of the RA?
2 - How is it that there is to serve each of these two rocket troughs, three times more men than to serve those of the rocket battery at Isandhlwana ?...
Cheers
Pascal
John
Posts : 2557 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 59 Location : UK
Subject: Re: Artillerymen or infantrymen ? Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:25 pm
Quote :
"How is it that there is to serve each of these two rocket troughs, three times more men than to serve those of the rocket battery at Isandhlwana"
Isandwana was in the first invasion. Many mistakes were made.
Hlobane was in the second invasion. Lesson's learn't
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Subject: Re: Artillerymen or infantrymen ? Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:23 pm
Lesson learn't's?
That means that the men of the 24 th foot were inaptent for serving rocket launchers ?
And the organization of the 4 th column was ready well before Isandhlwana ...
Cheers
Pascal
littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: Artillerymen or infantrymen ? Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:34 pm
They wasn't prepaired for an attack at Isandlwana.
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Subject: Re: Artillerymen or infantrymen ? Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:08 am
And also at Hlobane , it's not what interests me, but the difference in the number of servantS
and their Regimental belonging...
littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: Artillerymen or infantrymen ? Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:01 am
Hlobane wasn't a camp as such, they were attacked while attempting to capture cattle.
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Subject: Re: Artillerymen or infantrymen ? Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:07 am
The subject, this is :
1 - Knowing by whom, were served the 2 Armstrong 6 - pdrs,I'd like to know if all the servants of these two rocket troughs were men of the RA ?
2 - How is it that there is to serve each of these two rocket troughs, three times more men than to serve those of the rocket battery at Isandhlwana ?...
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