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Friday, January 22, 2010
Isandlwana
On January 22nd, the battle of Isandlwana took place. About 15,000 Zulus, armed primarily with spear and shield, attacked and defeated an invading British column of about 2000 regular and native infantry plus artillery.
I have to go back and finish 'The Washing of the Spears' which is quite a good book about the battle, the battle at Rorke's Drift, and the reasons and causation of the situation with Cetshwayo and the Zulus.
One of the interesting things the book brought out was, although this was a brutal beating for the Brits, the bloodletting from it was so terrible for the Zulus that it hurt them pretty terribly too. Pyrrhic victory if you will.
I have to go back and finish 'The Washing of the Spears' which is quite a good book about the battle, the battle at Rorke's Drift, and the reasons and causation of the situation with Cetshwayo and the Zulus.
ReplyDeleteOne of the interesting things the book brought out was, although this was a brutal beating for the Brits, the bloodletting from it was so terrible for the Zulus that it hurt them pretty terribly too. Pyrrhic victory if you will.
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