The battle of Isandlwana fought on 22 January 1879 was the greatest defeat suffered by the British Army during the Victorian era. This title employs new research - including a recent archaeological survey of the battlefield - and provides a new interpretation of the battle.
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The battle of Isandlwana fought on 22 January 1879 was the greatest defeat suffered by the British Army during the Victorian era. This title employs new research - including a recent archaeological survey of the battlefield - and provides a new interpretation of the battle.
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In 1879, the Battle Of Isandlwana produced the worst defeat ever inflicted upon a modern, well-equipped army by a tribal people. Though the British Government in London wished to avoid war with the Zulus, manipulative politicians and military men in the South African colonies adjoining Zululand had other ideas. They aimed to provoke a crisis, invade the country of their peaceful black neighbours and conquer before the news reached Britain.
Expecting quick and easy victory, the British commander Lord Chelmsford completely under-estimated the resourcefulness and fighting spirit of his opponents. He split his forces, rode off to seek out the Zulus and returned to find that the 1,800 soldiers and auxillaries who'd remained encamped at Isandlwana were dead or scattered (only 40 Europeans survived the massacre...all of them were mounted).
How the Zulus achieved this staggering victory is explained in Ian Knight's definitive account of the battle. He explodes long-held myths and describes terrain, tactics and weapons in clear, untechnical English. The illustrations are numerous and well-chosen; readers interested in uniforms, combat equipment and the details of 19th Century Army life will be fascinated by them; rarely-seen photographic images of the British and Zulu leaders and their fighting men are a real bonus. The locations and landmarks associated with the battle are shown from many viewpoints, there are also unique aerial maps. Each stage of the events or movement of forces is graphically depicted too.
This is not a long, dry history - it is a concise, vividly-told and lavishly-illustrated essay which manages to answer just about every question about the road to Isandlwana, the battle and its consequences. I rate it as an essential purchase for anybody who wishes to study the Anglo-Zulu War.
