Origins of the Zulu War

I.  Man-on-the-Spot

A.  Sir Bartle Frere

II.  Three Separate Populations

III.  ShakaÕs Zulus

A.  Military organization

B.  Throwing and stabbing assegai

IV.  Zulu fighting formation

A.  Impi

B.  Chest-Horns-Loins

V.  Zulu-Boer  border dispute

VI.  Ultimatum to Cetshwayo

 

Invasion of Zululand

I.  Lord Chelmsford

II.  Attack, 12 January 1879

 

Isandlwana

I.  Chelmsford goes hunting for Zulu

II.  Pulleine is left holding the non-fort with six companies of the 24th

III.  Zulu advance on Isandlwana

IV.  Òunderrating the power of the Zulu armyÓ

 

RorkeÕs Drift

I.  Lt. John Chard

II.  Lt. Gonville Bromhead

III.  The Defence of RorkeÕs Drift

 

Winning the War

I.  Enter Wolseley

II.  Battle of Ulundi, 4 Jully 1879

II.  ChelmsfordÕs Square