Ray63
Posts : 708
Join date : 2012-05-05
 | Subject: Rainy Season Invasion  Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:21 pm | |
| Was it a big mistake to invade Zulu Land during the rainy season. What was the idea behind it and what were the consequences of doing so. We're they hoping it would interfere with the Zulus harvesting.
Had the British not been advised against invading in January by Durnford.
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90th
Posts : 10178
Join date : 2009-04-07
Age : 64
Location : Melbourne, Australia
| | Subject: Rainy Season Invasion Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:07 am | |
| Ray this I'm sure is covered on here somewhere , I think I may've posted some of it  , but in a nutshell interfering with the zulu harvest was one of the reasons , zululand had been in the grip of a severe 10 year drought , so the zulu crops or harvest were vitally important to them , also there would be a shortage of fodder for the trek animals and Livestock etc if they invaded in the drier months . Try the search box other details may also pop up !  90th.  |
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