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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Posts : 2268 Join date : 2010-10-22 Location : France
Subject: Sgt Kambule / Young "boy" /ammunition supply Fri Jun 20, 2014 1:20 pm
Hello,
In "Zulu Victory" Lock and QUANTRILL are written (p.213): "Sgt-Major [sic] KAMBULE (...), when crossing the nek, came up CHELMSFORD's cart still guarded by a young drummer boy who (...) refused to give Kambule any rounds". Really, the 2/24th (Bloomfield) wagon's ammunition, not the 1/24th (Pullen)? Sorry, but topography is not "my cup of tea"!!!!! Cheers
Frank Allewell
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Subject: Re: Sgt Kambule / Young "boy" /ammunition supply Fri Jun 20, 2014 1:59 pm
ymob Could be one of three: the 1/24th, the regimental reserve or the wagon loaded for Chelmsford.
Cheers
ymob
Posts : 2268 Join date : 2010-10-22 Location : France
Subject: Re: Sgt Kambule / Young "boy" /ammunition supply Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:10 pm
springbok9 wrote:
ymob Could be one of three: the 1/24th, the regimental reserve or the wagon loaded for Chelmsford.
Cheers
Thanks Springbok. In books on the azw there are undoubtedly often inaccurency on the facts... Mister Julian Whybra has right when he says: "read the source, only the source".... Amitiés
frédéric
6pdr
Posts : 1086 Join date : 2012-05-12 Location : NYC
Subject: Re: Sgt Kambule / Young "boy" /ammunition supply Fri Jun 20, 2014 4:14 pm
Fredric,
Due to the helpful citation you provided wrt Malindi, (thank-you!) I was rereading ZULU RISING last night. He cites Simeon Nkambule's story of course. Nkanbule mentions cartridges lying on the ground around the wagons -- so we can rule out any tented supply -- and that the Zulu were still busy in the tents -- which to me rules out Bloomfield's wagons. Given that the boy was sitting alone my guess it would have to be the supply for the 1/24th because Pullen would have abandoned it by then to rally the defense. That wagon was sitting alone hard by the trader's path which would have been in line from the donga where Nkambule's troop had been and the nek. -6pdr
6pdr
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Subject: Re: Sgt Kambule / Young "boy" /ammunition supply Fri Jun 20, 2014 4:26 pm
Then again, it may have been Durnford's supply too I suppose as that was closer to the nek, I guess. But that would have only been true if the boy had been put there for his own safety because it wasn't a source that an Imperial officer or noncom would have held sway over.
ymob
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Subject: Re: Sgt Kambule / Young "boy" /ammunition supply Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:15 am
Given that the boy was sitting alone my guess it would have to be the supply for the 1/24th because Pullen would have abandoned it by then to rally the defense. That wagon was sitting alone hard by the trader's path which would have been in line from the donga where Nkambule's troop had been and the nek. -6pdr[/quote]
Bonjour 6 pdr, Thanks for your help. Just my thoughs (spéculation)!! Cheers Frédéric
Chard1879
Posts : 1261 Join date : 2010-04-12
Subject: Re: Sgt Kambule / Young "boy" /ammunition supply Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:42 am
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