Patrick Boniface on the deaths in combat of regal warriors. The savagery of the Zulu Wars showed no respect for class or
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Read More »Redcoats The battle of Isandlwana represented a clash of two radically different military systems – a modern, Western, technologically-advanced professional army pitched
Read More »The organization of the Zulu army was profoundly different to its professional British counterpart, a part-time citizen militia, the means by which
Read More »In the ‘blame game’ which followed the Zulu battle of Isandlwana, Anthony Durnford quickly emerged as the principal scapegoat. A complex figure
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Read More »The Zulu Film Museum is about to open at the Cardiff Castle Museum - find out more about this unique and historic
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