Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There, Volume II

"Yes you have beaten us; you had the best guns, but we have the best men...But we''ll fight again in two or three years'' time." – Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande (who led the Zulu at Rorke''s Drift) On 22 January 1879, during the final hour of the Battle of Isandlwana – one of the greatest disasters ever to befall British troops during the Victorian era – a very different story was about to unfold a ...