Rorke's Drift 1879

by Edmund Yorke

Book Overview

Explores the men and action at this most legendary of battles in the Anglo-Zulu War

The small garrison based at Rorke's Drift in South Africa is forever immortalized as one of the British Army's most glorious moments. The garrison was defended by 139 British soldiers with 300 African colonial troops under their command when, on January 22, 1879, they were attacked by a Zulu force of nearly 4,000 warriors. Outnumbered by nearly 20 to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752464000
• ISBN13: 9780752464008
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Spellmount Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.8"