Anglo-Zulu War Battlefield Trip Pics!

[gary42-43]

Great thread John. Incredible landscape and a really good series of pictures. A few years ago I visited the Royal Regiment of Wales- regimental museum in Brecon where they have a good Zulu display.
gary

[Seigfried]

John, very nice thread. I thought linking it with this thread would be interesting. http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=291431
Did you visit the Boear war sites as well? Jacques

Thanks Jacques - I had seen it but not the pics that you had posted. I also visited Elaandslagte, Mafeking, Majuba, Spion Kop, Colenso and Ladysmith. I will try to find some time to post the pics that I took. I was more interested in the Anglo-Zulu war - until just recently when rresearching my great grandfather's army career and found out that he'd been in the Boer War! I wish now that I'd realised earlier. He was at Norval Pont on the Orange River in the blockhouse lines in 1902.

[jacquesf]

The Boer war is a fascinating piece of history. The battlefield at Magersfontein is very interesting with a nice little museum. If you ever come down this way again, give me a shout. jacques

Thanks Jacques - I had seen it but not the pics that you had posted. I also visited Elaandslagte, Mafeking, Majuba, Spion Kop, Colenso and Ladysmith. I will try to find some time to post the pics that I took. I was more interested in the Anglo-Zulu war - until just recently when rresearching my great grandfather's army career and found out that he'd been in the Boer War! I wish now that I'd realised earlier. He was at Norval Pont on the Orange River in the blockhouse lines in 1902.

[Bobwirtz]

Thank you for posting this thread. I think many of these travel logues are very well done and provide us with 'on the scene' photos of places many of us will probably never get around to visiting.

Bob

[Ralph P]

Hello all - I have revived this great thread for those of us who will only be able to take the tour through the camera lens of this thread.

Further John - thanks for the link to this thread. The below link to another thread related to this subject...

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=353485

[evilmike]

Forgive me for jumping in but here is the grave of John R M Chard Royal Engineers VC which i visited recently, situated near Taunton in the UK

[evilmike]

[evilmike]

Stainglass window dedicated to Chard..

[evilmike]

inscription...

[evilmike]

who's that handsome chap....

not quite as warm as South Africa

[peleliuexplorer]

Thanks for posting the fascinating thread and outstanding pics! Really enjoyed it. That battle reminds me of the Custer disaster at the Little Bighorn battle that occured a few years earlier, though on a far grander scale. Thanks again for the great info and pics.

-Eric

[FestungSpanien]

Verry nice thread
I must admitt that I only know about the Zulu wars after what I have seen in movies but I would go deeper now
Thanks again
Ace

[Bigbander]

very nice...thanks for sharing!

[peleliuexplorer]

Thanks for posting the fascinating thread and outstanding pics! Really enjoyed it. That battle reminds me of the Custer disaster at the Little Bighorn battle that occured a few years earlier, though on a far grander scale. Thanks again for the great info and pics.

-Eric

As a side note, both Chelmsford and Custer divided their forces, under-estimated the enemy strength and, as a result, were annihilated. What was the name of the documentary on the History channel regarding the English battle with the Zulus?

-Eric

[Tim O'Keefe]

As a side note, both Chelmsford and Custer divided their forces, under-estimated the enemy strength and, as a result, were annihilated. What was the name of the documentary on the History channel regarding the English battle with the Zulus?

-Eric

Great informative thread, have studied these two battles and would just add that besides premature dividing of forces, improper reconnaissance led to these defeats...
The History channel version while interesting, made many excuses for the defeat, such as the Zulu warriors were all stoned on hash making them ferocious, British ammo boxes could not be opened, the Eclipse blocked out the British LOS etc. Gotta love when PBS steps in and tries to explain a battle loss without addressing the Military reasons...

Great photos appreciated
Tim