The Battle of Rorke's Drift
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- The last stand of some 150 British and colonial soldiers at the missionary outpost of Rorke's Drift, holding out for hours against sustained attacks by some 4,000 Zulu warriors fresh from their stunning victory at Isandlwana the day before.
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Naruto runner: "Let's storm Area 51, they can't stop us all"
British soldiers fighting at Rorke's Drift: "Are we joke to you?"
@@emis5478 savage
@@emis5478 unfunny
I wanna see people storm aera 51.
I wanna see C-RAMs activated on a braindead zombie horde .
Insert mandatory Sabatons Rorke’s drift meme
Connor Quarmby it was 79 when a few held the line...
Its literally a Series about the Sabaton Songs.
oh fuck off
Ae Norist your point? What stops me from memeing?
Because it's an overused meme. If you think you can meme, be creative.
*Pte. Thomas Cole:*
Why is it us? Why us?
*Colour Sergeant Bourne:*
Because we're here, lad. Nobody else. Just us.
"Well oim gonna commit suicide then me sergeant, ba-bye!" *bang*
"Aight then lad, seeya."
It's what I'd do. *stares noble off into the horizon*
+A Guy With Zeratul as His Profile Pic
Why though. I'd much rather die in battle than that. I'd probably shit my pants but still
Oh hi Mr Strawman (who's also legit racist, apparently; normally I shout racist at people ironically, btw), all that trade was mercantilism. Citation on the port being used by all those states at the same time?
No russians.
No reds
Zulu (1964) is an amazing movie that depicts this battle almost perfectly, a movie like this probably wouldn't be made today...
Fun fact they really had thousands of African American people to play the zulus in that movie
@@annetteadcock1848
No they had 1000s of actual African Zulus play the roles of the Zulus. Most of those people had likely never been to America. Also the guy that played the King of the Zulus in the the movie was the actual grandson of the Zulu king during the events leading up to Rorke’s Drift.
That movie wad bias and lacked a lot of facts, but I understand why you'll love it so much.
@@cebolenkosimbatha6492 it wasn’t biased in any way
@@annetteadcock1848 completely wrong - the Zulus were played by Zulus, who already knew a lot about the historical battle because of their oral tradition of telling tales from their military past. This is one of the things that make the battle sequences so authentic looking.
One of the interesting thing about tactics is that the British often treated the Zulu warriors as cavalry due to their impressive speed on foot. One British officer once said something to the effect of "They may have excellent tactics but we have the Maxim Gun."
"It was a very sharp mango, sir!"
Do we have to wait till September for the winged hussars to arrive?
1986tessie yeah they’re busy in Vienna
guess what month it is
Hi everyone hope you enjoy the video! I haven't ignored the poll in the last video and I can confirm that the next episode in the Sabaton Stories series will be on the Winged Hussars and the Siege of Vienna in 1683!
History With Hilbert you glorious bastard XD
Edit; I hope you’re ready for the inevitable “When the winged Hussars arrived” spam XD, please, just let them happen
SABATON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEY from the netherlands a great video again, love history
yes please
History With Hilbert your channel is awesome brotha! You know your history. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into these videos. Your graphics crack me up sometimes, but your knowledge and dialogue more than make up for it. Keep up the good work brotha! Cheers mate 🍻
PS The Battle of The Teutoburg forest is calling you
@EmperorJuliusCaesar it called the zulu EMPIRE for a reason bucko
Been to Rorke's drift, gave me the shivers
You can visit it ?
Did the Zulus culturally appropriate Lithuania?
Joshua Velasquez as a pole Zulu is now part of Poland, I’m kidding of course it’s part of Poland-Lithuania
Not yet but they will soon give how bad Europe is at controlling its Southern borders
Joshua Velasquez no because it doesn’t count as cultural appropriation if blacks borrow from other cultures
Holy shit you correctly pronounced Xhosa. As a language nerd who did a paper on them that made me happy!
He nailed the dutch names too
pretty sure hilbert is dutch so
He nails a bunch of italian and spanish names too, I like it.
The Zulu did not fight with Stone Age weapons. Their assegai had iron tips, so Iron Age weapons then. Loved the vid. Keep them coming.
Adversary American they also had rifles buddy.
@Klaidi Rubiku
He meant the iron they used.
@Klaidi Rubiku
True. But I would still put them pre bronze age. Not saying they weren't advanced, ESPECIALLY not for south Africa. But they weren't quite iron age.
No bantus fought with stone age weapons
@@knockhello2604 bantus smelted iron and were good at bronze casting. They didn't had stone age weapons. Smh
“What do you know about Zulus?”
“Bunch of savages, isn’t it?”
In the movie at the end when the Zulus salute fellow warriors gives me goosebumps even though it probably didn't happen which is a shame because it is so cool
The Zulus that attacked rorkes drift weren't a part of the main force at Islandlwara . They had no martini Henry. They used old muskets .
It was a young commander trying to make a name for himself ignoring 2 main orders of not :
1) attacking redcoats in entrenched positions
2) offensive actions in neighbouring countries .
God I love this music cause it makes the history of these battles transcend the text book in a way that’s seems so satisfying and I love that you’re making videos about them
I blame Lithuania for this.
HappyTurtle Who else would we blame?
Canada
MrTohawk They worked togheter.
It was Walpole!
Guys. The flag at 0:14 is clearly Lithuanian. Cheeky buggers.
Can I just say that the Zulus were trained melee fighters with superior melee set ups yet the British with just bayonets still out duelled them.
The British mealie bag wall and perhaps most of the mission station was on a stone base making the Zulus have to climb a 6 - 7 foot high wall which would make it difficult to use their weapons and shields, and the British soldiers had bayonets which were longer than the Zulu spears anyway.
And besides a Victorian British soldier had been trained in melee and close quarters combat in their first trainings.
@@hfhso37ndnks not gonna lie to you mate I wrote this 2 years ago and Idek what I was tryna say tbh. What I would say now from my current knowledge is that zulus were trained warriors with spears and so were the Brits. God knows what 2 year ago me was tryna get at ngl
@@jayfenny7461 understandable
The Zulus actually feared the Bayonet more than the rifle. It was longer than their weapons. Amazing stand by the British.
Colour Sergeant Bourne:
"Alright then! Nobody told you stop working!"
Anyone else actually picturing Michael Caine there fighting the Zulu?
The firearms the Zulu had at Rorke's Drift were likely NOT weapons taken from the bodies of British troops at Isandlwana. The force that attacked the mission station was NOT previously engaged in battle at Isandlwana. Most of the weapons the Zulu had were OLD, obsolete MUSKETS, mostly FLINTLOCKS, and anyone who know anything about firearms knows even well trained and disciplined troops could fire three shots a minute using muzzle-loaders, and smooth-bore muskets were accurate only up to about 70-100 yards with a MAXIMUM effective range (where a shot can reliably kill you) was less than 200 yards. Again, all with trained troops, which the Zulu were NOT.
The only thing that could make this video better is MORE SABATON REFERENCES!!!
Awesome video by the way, keep it up ;D
Thank you for this. It was enjoyed by the kids at our school
when we covered the Zulu War.
Holy shit. Your pronunciation of Dutch words is spot on. Very well done sir.
Also, the Zulu were early an Iron Age, not Stone Age society - but I quibble!
and the French
Dearthvader, 😂😂 sorry, I forgot about the leary French who pretend they can't speak English.
"With essentially stone age technology"
A cowhide shield and spear, even if the latter uses iron, is still pretty much stone age tech. They had limited use of iron in their technology.
The USS Johnston so they used wooden spears mostly
The USS Johnston and also teleported the earrings
your videos are very helpful, please may you cover more events of the British empire like the Indian mutiny and their involvement in Egypt and Sudan, thank you.
I am a big fan your weimar videos, as they are very insightful and I have been sharing your youtube channel
Love your video:3
I'm glad someone is covering an interesting part of my countries history
I didn't even know the Battle of Rorke's Drift was a thing that happened here
The power of tea and crumpets prevails once again!
More like whisky and bacon.
Dude awesome video, thank you!
Worth to mention that the outer wall they built from sandbags was 350 meters long, and took them under an hour to construct…
Your pronunciation is immaculate good sir
Just about to eat a curry and Hilbert uploads a video about one of my favourite battles... Nice timing Hilbert ;)
Always looking out for you man ;)
The Phantom No, it just means I was happy that I got to eat curry and watch Hilbert's new video.
Are the zulus lithuanians?
Polish-Zulu commonwealth
Albin Strandberg duh Lithuania is obviouslly European colony of the zulus
Hell no 😂😂😂im zulu bro
yes
we were colonized by the Polish
Private John Williams, one of the VC holders from the hospital is buried in my home town. He is depicted in the film too. Real name John Fielding as he changed his name upon joining the army because he was underage. He even has a weatherspoons named after him
Toysintheattic When I saw the film I heard the name “John Williams” and I said “Wait.... is John Williams a time traveler? Composing for Star Wars while fighting Zulu’s at the same time”
He changed his name because his family disproved of him joining the army
The sick and wounded in the hospital were from the march towards Zululand, and not wounded from the battle of Isandhlwana. Every army suffers some casualities simply from moving around. Lord Chelmsford left them at Rourkes Drift because it was a missionary station which had already a small hospital, and he wanted the ford garrisoned too. These sick and wounded were also one reason why the Rourkes Drift garrison did not retreat, because they had no transport for those men. The other reason being the danger from the Zulu overtaking them in open terrain.
1:15 Oh my gosh! When I first saw that chief with the leopard skin or something I thought those earrings were it’s eyeballs or something; and it looked scary!
I haven’t even heard this song.. thanks for introducing it
Men of Harlech stop your dreaming
Can't you see their spear points gleaming
See their warrior's pennants streaming
To this battle field
Men of Harlech stand ye steady
It cannot be ever said ye
For the battle were not ready
Stand and never yield
Form the hills rebounding
Let this war cry sounding
Summon all at Cambria's call
The mighty force surrounding
Men of Harlech onto glory
This shall ever be your story
Keep these fighting words before ye
Cambria (Welshmen never) will not yield.
Ieuan Yes Wales
Fire at will kill or be killed
Zulus attack fight back to back
The Phantom he was a bit of a douche
Leave Will alone, it wasn't his fault.
@@augustbliss Will you stop this dead joke?
@@augustbliss no dude that isn't what I meant. Read what I said but slowly.
fun fact, kraal is translated into english as corral.
I always thought that was obvious, but I suppose maybe not.
+Lord Kiltridge Not quite, as kraal means "bead" in Dutch. Koraal means coral. Maybe it's different in Afrikaans, but it is a sister language of Dutch, so it's bound to be very similar
Regis corral is actually from the Spanish language
I thought kraal meant as in the film, "Let loose God's cattle & stomp those heathern savages".
I was hearing Rorke’s Drift by Sabaton and the notification for this video appeared
They've got a very good base section, mind, but no top tenors - that's for sure.
Too many Williams
Good video Hilbert.
The battle of Rorke's Drift is my most favorite battle in history. Simply because of the odds, and the courage of both sides.
I must admit I enjoy your content, so I've just subscribed to you. Keep up the good content.
Regards,
Dave.
Very nice!
You should check out extra credits series on it all aswell!
Its really good like this!
You mention “assegai”. In fact, this is an umbrella term usually referencing throwing spears. From the time of Shaka, the Zulus used a short handled, long bladed spear called the “iklwa”. Bravo on another excellent video.
Dan Djurdjevic, why did they call it the "iklwa"?
Dan Conrad It is an onomatopoeia, approximating the sound of the spear being thrust in (“ik”) and withdrawn (“lwa”). In Zulu, the latter is pronounced with lingual ingression so it actually sounds fairly gruesome!
Dan Djurdjevic- You're very informative. Thank you!
I like this channel I came here for history (Nederlandse geschiedenis) but I also love Sabaton
One of the big problems at Isandlwhana was that the British weren't expecting the attack. All the ammo crates were screwed shut and a lot of rifles were still crated..
Your Afrikaans pronunciations are spot on! Your Zulu pronunciations aren't too bad lol. Great video
Praise the British soldiers defending their post. Applaude the Zulus defending their home
This wasn't even on Zululand. It took place in Natal.
Once the news had come through that 1500 British troops had been massacred by approximately 30,000 warriors and a Zulus impi of around 4,000 Zulus were on the way to destroy Rorkes Drift and a very small company of soldiers the British quite rightly decided to stay. Had they abandoned the only defensive position available to them they would have been caught out in the open and slaughtered to a man .
Another reason I loved the film, is because it was made an released before the civil rights act was signed and apartheid was at its worst, but yet, both sides are treated as equals and there is no bad guys or villains', just soldiers
That’s because it’s not an American film
I Seriously Did Not Even Know Sabaton Made A Song About The Battle Of Rorke's Drift Until You Said The Words "Last Stand" In This Video.
Stop Talking Like This.
Where have you been? Africa?
no fucking shit
These were primarily welsh soldiers of the 24th regiment later the South Wales borders regiment and they were equipped with martini Henry 303 rifles and my grandpa owns one. I’m not sure if it was from the original battle of rorkes drift
Dod o oh right well after some research around 49 English and 38 welsh so yeah that’s correct
I wonder how dangerous the Zulu would have been if they could effectively use field artillery. Fast-moving melee fighters weren't entirely obsolete in this era, as the sabre-wielding cavalry and Britain's own fondness for bayonet charges demonstrates, they just had a catastrophic weakness to fortified enemies as Rorke's Drift & Blood River show.
"Oh bravely you faced one, with your fifteen pounder gun, and you frightened them damn natives to the marrow"
@Dod o because if they wore a uniform, you'd drag their parents put into the street, and beat them around the head
@Dod o they fought to kick out a nation that a) isn't even British, its french technically and b) had no right to be there. There's no room for debate here.
@Dod o with every bit of respect to you, we tried asking nicely and asking violently for 800 odd years, it took Michael Collins doing the military equivalent of carrying his team through ranked to even win a semblance of freedom, its romanticized from a barely won half victory to a sort of great revolution, like that you'd read of in a communist history book, this prompted the IRA to continue violence, however, the British laugh in people's faces whenever they ask for something peacefully, so it's a catch 22
Always got time for details on this famous battle :D...I think as well as the excellent Zulu film , there is also a famous film representing Isandlwana battle where lord Chelmsford mucks things up :D...I think you fail to mention the natal cavalry leaving before the battle and surprising no mention of the welsh thou...as I always thought it was there singing that finally drove off the Zulu's :D {grins} {also was that a subliminal message about sabaton songs around [ 2;02-2:04 ] ? {grins} ?
yeah I know...its a little like Stanley baxter highlighting the welsh for this battle, who were indeed present of the engineer company ..in such things , those who make them , add there own influence :D
The film about Islandwara is called Zulu Dawn. It was. .. pretty intense.
After the battle this regiment marched into Wakanda and took it for England.
You know the regiment that defended Rokes drift was the south wales boarders, so they didn't take wakanda it for England but for wales.
Do your home work this was the Warwick regiment ..it contained 14 Welsh men ..16 Irish men ..the rest were English .. two years after the war ended it became the South Wales borders
Jest Passinthru quite a big portion of the regiment were welsh 32 soldiers were welsh one was a Scot 49 were English out of 122 soldiers
Jest Passinthru there were 16 Irish soldiers though
@@paulwilkinson4073 so for Scotland?
If anyone gets to watch the making of Zulu it gives a good account of the difficulties of filming in apartheid South Africa.
But the film itself is fantastic and as accurate as can be. Although not sure if it would have been filmed in 2022
Lot of respect for the Brits and the Zulus.
Great pronunciations!!
5:19 - Did you put a little dog's head design in the middle of the shields? I appreciate that you mention that part of the motivation for handing out so many VC's might've been because earlier that day the Brits had their "Black Hawk Down" moment. People need to understand that medals are inherently political in nature. Also, I've heard that the Zulu king never actually wanted to attack Rourke's Drift, is that true?
Were the medals political in nature? If i remember right that was an accusation at the time but scrutiny did not support that.
I know this is late, but I watched another video which says the troops who attacked at Rorke's drift were a separate column from the main army at Isandlwana. They were mostly older men in their 40s, and had been sent basically to scout and make sure no more British troops were coming. But the Zulu king's brother or cousin was in command and decided to attack, possibly against the wishes of the King.
They had some 'old' firearms taken from the British at Isandlwna?
The short and long Steel/iron tipped zulu spears were stone age weapons?
Zulu human wave attacks were similar to those carried out in WW1, cross no man's land and get up close with the enemy then fight it out at close quarters with trench weapons.
Last name: Roark. How was I not shown this as a kid?
Anyone else have a sudden urge to start singing Men of Harlech?
While your video was mostly correct, there were a few inaccuracies such as when you said that the Zulu thrusting spear was called the Assegai, when it was actually called the Ilkwa which was named after the sound when the spear was pulled out of a dead body. The Assegai was the name of the throwing spear, which the Zulus had initially abandoned it in favour of the Ilkwa during Skaka's reforms but Dingane had reintroduced the weapon as a futile attempt to counteract the muskets of the Boers.
Soon after this battle the natives raided the local Walgreens which wasn’t protected.
Finally
That background music!
The reason the Zulus won at Isandlwana wasn’t anything tactical. The zulus outnumbered the British over 11 to 1, the British ammo boxes were locked so they had to be busted open, and there was a solar eclipse during the battle that completely fucked visibility and rendered ranged combat impossible.
It's very very well documented as happening at the time, Isandlwana means "day of the dead moon" in isiZulu.
Zulus just fought at the right time, used the element of surprise when the British weren’t ready.
@@Pantsinabucket Well the zulus had revolutionary tactics like the buffalo horn mentioned
There's was a lot of smoke and haze during the battle, I'm led to believe.
My ancestor was one of the British troops, I’m an English South African, a descendant of the Natal and Cape British settlers
The 100 Natal Native Horsemen did not participate in the battle. The natives refused the order of their commanding office, Lt. Henderson, and fled the outpost when the Zulus appeared.The only other units besides those of Chard's and Bromhead's unit were the 2nd/3rd Natal Native Contingent(NNC) under Capt. Stevenson and they ran away, too, when they saw the NNH fled.
Ok i realized right now that the album the last stand is solely about last stands i'm feeling stupid af
Great video!
On a side note: why did you use the wedding march at the start of the video?
I always understood that most of the Zulu's who attacked Rorke's Drift had been held in reserve at Isandlwana and had been under strict instruction by the Zulu chief Cetawayo not to attack the station as he knew the propaganda consequences of it being used against him and his people if they attacked a missionary hospital. The British were the aggressors and his people defending their land would be lost as a diplomatic weapon if they attacked a missionary. The Zulu wars and the annexing of Boer land did not have great support in the British parliament and Cetawayo knew this. The Zulu reserve commander however, feeling somewhat aggrieved that he had not honoured himself in battle took it upon himself to attack Rorke's Drift against his chief's orders. When Cetawayo heard of the attack he sent word for it to be stopped, it was this that saved the British from complete annihilation as the Zulu army retreated under Cetewayo's orders.
The zulus were like Zapp Brannigan fighting the killbots. Wave after wave
Don't want to criticize your video because it is very good, but maybe mention the Zulu's were under orders not to attack Rorke's Drift because King Mpande wanted to try to negotiate with the British after their defeat at Isandlwana, but the victory here rallied the British to commit more resources to kill the "savages"
Other than that this was a great video, I think I've just watched Zulu one too many times
I don't know whether the British would simply accept their defeat, though. Especially not one that had this kind of impact. I think the invasion was inavoidable by the Zulus
The Zulu's wouldn't have asked for Britain's unconditional surrender, the Zulu's would have had to make concessions, but I think they could have pulled an Ethiopia and retained their independence just through "we'll give you some of what you want but if you invade you'll get fucked up just like last time."
Brave people on both sides.
You forgot to mention that the cavalry unit took off before the battle started.
Could you do the Irish version of this the siege of jadotville?
The short spear was the iklwa, the assagi was a long throwing spear
The zulus has guns not all of them but a significant amount of guns
Yes about 1 in 5 Zulus were armed. They had more guns than the British in all the battles of the 1879 Anglo Zulu War.
London 2020
The battle's already lost there.
Catasstrophy, we could sing "Men Of Harlech" to drown out their chant to pray. However, I think we should hang all or treacherous politicians for allowing the followers of a poxy third world cult to hold so much sway in the UK & the rest of first world.
Catasstrophy, l'm a Loyalist, the Royal Family may be coerced into speaking of or doing parliament's bidding but HM Queen Elizabeth II symbolises the British people, our traitorous government doesn't.
Our Constitutional Monarchy more or less means that the Monarch must remain aloof from government affairs even when they're destroying our Nation & our people.
The cultural marxist, red, liberal, zionist politicians, media moguls & capitalist globalisation are doing their best to destroy the spirit, national pride & culture of the white working class.
The people of Ulster were betrayed by politicians & their answer was
NO SURRENDER!
Or maybe stop being defeatists and start fighting to reclaim your countries? If you're going to do nothing but bitch about it, then you deserve the cold embrace of the oblivion you are faced with.
John Eric Edwards
Not certain if I'm misreading something, or if you meant to direct that statement towards somebody else.
The lack of Het Wilhelmus in this video, was likely due to Colour Seargeant Frank Bourne saying "We'll have no comedians please" inside Hilbert's head when he was editing that part.
Fantastisch wanneer je Nederlandse woorden uitspreekt en probeert een Engels accent te behouden ;)
He did an Afrikaans accent, that's why it sounds a bit off to your native Dutch ear.
I read somewhere that the British were engineers and not fighting riflemen solders.
Star Anders: The CO was an engineer....the rest were infantry.
For people who think the Zulus (and in WW1 Modern Armies as well) were fools for bringing cold steel to a gunfight, let me ask; given how a man in full marching order can cross 100 metres in 20 seconds, and the ever present issues with aimed fire in combat, would it be particularly reasonable to expect a unit of riflemen to destroy several times their own number in under a minute? If not, can they beat them in melee? If they cannot, given how casualties tend to pile up in retreats/routs, would the melee unit's local Pyrrhic victory pay greater dividends as the battle progressed? If not, how many (if any) other rushes are happening, and will the fire used to halt this attack divert fire from one that can/will break through on a different part of the line? The trick to stopping cold steel reliably is choosing or modifying terrain to inhibit enemy movement. This usually entails deploying on hills/high ground, across Rivers, Mudflats/Brambles. As for Modifying Terrain, Barbed Wire and the Entrenching Tool have had a greater effect upon halting attacks than any advance in small arms. Barbed Wire is easy to campaign with, quick to erect, and unlike the older Chevaux De Frise, cannot be easily destroyed by preparatory bombardment, or broken down into a makeshift Riflepit to maintain pressure by attackers, while Trenches provide enough hard cover to largely neutralize any advantage of fire an attacker may otherwise have short of major caliber artillery or by bombs of a comparable role. Until the Creeping Barrage and the Tank were developed, modern earthworks were nearly insurmountable from the front, but in the context of an 1870's colonial war, traditional methods were still perfectly viable, and the infamous "Bayonet Reach Controversy" little more than a band fools proposing to bring a knife to a spear fight!
I was almost forced ritual style by my ex British Army English Dad to sit down with him and watch ZULU. A punk at the time, I said they (Rorke's defenders) were just imperialist bastards who shouldn't have been there in the first place. As I waltzed off, all these years later. I can still hear my Dad saying: "11 Victoria crosses mate!
18 of the 32 British casualties at Rorkes Drift were via Zulu gunfire including 6 fatalities.
Sabaton is awesome.
8:09 for a comparison only one Victoria cross was handed out during D-Day
Sergeant Hollis. But D-Day was about America and France not the British.
Still a recipient of the cross at rorkes drift was lieutenant gonville bromhead a frenchman
@@jagdpanther1944 you do know the British were a large part of the invasion right
@@Gussyboy06 I think he's winding us up. By far the biggest part of the invasion, 70% of troops, planes and ships.
This enraged his father, who punished him severely.
Slight misrepresentation of the reasons behind the ultimatum there: Frere, the Commissioner of the Cape (and indeed, promised Governorship once the federalisation was completed) wanted to appease the Boers by supporting their claim on the Blood River territories. The Foreign Office convinced him to let experts investigate the border claims; they found that the Boers had no valid claim to the land, that the previous Zulu king had made no such promise of land. This was a problem; if he released the Border Commission's report it would further sour Anglo-Boer relations, thus jeopardising the confederation plan, and risk the Zulus sweeping in and massacring the Boers that were illegally occupying their land. Then, two Zulu women fled into Natal with their lovers; Zulu "raiders" chased them, captured them, took them back to Zululand and killed them. The British were furious and demanded that the raiders be sent to Natal for trail. The Zulus agreed to put the raiders on trail, but refused to extradite them because the murders had taken place in Zululand. So our prospective governor releases the Border Commission's report alongside an ultimatum that was designed to be impossible for the Zulus to accept. Dismantle your army (which had primarily been raised due to hostility from the Transvaal Boers, Cetshwayo had a non-aggression policy when it came to the British), dismantle the regiment system (a cornerstone of Zulu culture), send the raiders to British territory for trail, the heads of 600 cattle, and dozens of other demands, all to be met within 30 days.
I blame the Boers. If they hadn't left Cape Colony when the British outlawed slavery they'd never have been in conflict with the Zulu Kingdom in the first place. (Second I blame Frere and Shepstone, for starting a war without the consent of the Crown or Government).
E. A. Deasar Yes and the Cape colony would have been a beautiful place today filled with coloureds and whites in wjat I can imagine woyld be the only first world country in SA. Not the shitholes the blacks turned it into.
Thanks for this, it was very interesting and worthwhile putting it here
0:14 The Zulu Kingdom flag is the same as Lithuanian's 🇱🇹 #Lithuania #Britisharmy
8:30 Nevill Coghill ;)
Hahah your dutch pronounciation is pretty good
It was basically a firing squad ... but with your back against the wall what do you do ? 🏴🏴🏴
For anyone thats interested; the British Regiment that fought in the Battle of Roukes Drift was the Corp of Royal Engineers
No, the 24th Regiment of Foot. 2nd Warwickshire. Only Chard was in the Royal Engineers.
@@lyndoncmp5751 24th was converted to south wales borderers, there were irish , scots, english and welsh at the battle. It was a joint effort. The movie was too biased to the welsh side
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The film Zulu is awesome
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