To Zululand with the R.E. - The Recollections of Two Officers of the Royal Engineers During the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879

To Zululand with the R.E. - The Recollections of Two Officers of the Royal Engineers During the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879

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Experiences and services of the Royal Engineers at war with the Zulus Most students of the Anglo-Zulu War are aware that principal personalities in its most dramatic events were officers of the Royal Engineers. Lieutenant- Colonel Anthony Durnford was an Engineer and the senior officer on the field during the fateful Battle of Isandlwana. He died fighting against the overwhelming Zulu host during a holding action in an attempt to keep an avenue of escape open. The defence of the Mission Station at Rorke's Drift was , by coincidence, commanded by Lieutenant John Chard, Royal Engineers who had b...