Zulu War & January 12, 1879 (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

Today is the 131st Anniversary of the opening engagement of the Anglo-Zulu War when a section of Chelmsford's column on its way to Isandlwana attacked Sihayo's kraal, situated in the Batshe valley, since it threatened the successful advancement of the British column. It was also a punitive attack since this was the source of one of the incidents that the British used to justify their invasion of Zululand.

The fighting was done by a combination of the Natal Native Contingent and the 24th Foot.

Here is a link to an article on the battle that examines the evidence of what happened on that day:

http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/potpourri/Sihayo.pdf

 

[The Lt.]

Nice bit of history Randy thanks for sharing it.

 

[thebritfarmer]

Thanks for the intel Randy, very interesting.