THE BATTLE OF RORKE’S DRIFT - 1879
AN EMBARRASING DEFEAT
On 11 January 1879, 3 columns of British troops with irregular native levies crossed over the Buffalo River from Natal into Zululand. Led by Lieutenant General Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, this 1st invasion of Zululand by British Imperial forces was done on a false pretext and was without authorization of the British Government.
Clearly then this was an ill-considered invasion. Furthermore, the British, under Chelmsford had greatly underestimated their pre-industrial opponents' fighting abilities. On 22 January 1879, the main Zulu impi of 20,000 warriors attacked Chelmsford's camp at Isandlwana. Thoroughly outmaneuvered, the British lost over 1300 men in what was one of the greatest defeats in British Empire history...

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