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Zulu (1964): Battles
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The Zulu ... allowed their opponents too much time to set up fortified strongpoints, assaulting well defended camps and positions with painful losses. A policy of attacking the redcoats while they were strung out on the move, or crossing difficult obstacles like rivers, might have yielded more satisfactory results. For example, four miles past the Ineyzane River, after the British had comfortably crossed, and after they had spent a day consolidating their advance, the Zulu finally launched a typical "buffalo horn" encirclement attack that was seen off with withering fire from not only breach-loading Martini-Henry rifles, but 7-pounder artillery and Gatling guns. In fairness, the Zulu commanders could not conjure regiments out of thin air at the optimum time and place. They too needed time to marshal, supply and position their forces, and sort out final assignments to the three-prongs of attack. Still, the Battle of Hlobane Mountain offers just a glimpse of an alternative mobile scenario, where the maneuvering Zulu "horns" cut off and drove back Buller's column when it was dangerously strung out on the mountain.
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Although Rob, Joseph Ndima and George Irwin continue to deliver the most passionate and complete accounts of the Anglo-Zulu War battlefields (Rorke’s Drift and Isandlwana particularly), Fugitives’ Drift can offer so much more. After a morning or afternoon trip to the battlefields, relaxing walks or horse rides through this 5,000 acre game reserve and bird haven are as enjoyable as relaxing by the pool and enjoying the remarkable views over Zululand. Avid historians can be entertained by a plethora of extra trips to less visited battlefields, while other guests may enjoy experiencing the more cultural side to Zululand; a three or four night stay at Fugitives’ will not be wasted.
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The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Empire. From complex beginnings, the war is notable for several particularly bloody battles, as well as for being a landmark in the timeline of colonialism in the region. The war ended the Zulu nation's independence.
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As the film progresses it becomes clear the soldiers are vastly outnumbered and surrounded by Zulu warriors, retreat is no longer an option so they prepare for the forthcoming battle despite the pleas of Reverend Otto Witt (Jack Hawkins). Nearly a third of the men are in the infirmary, as the Welsh company tries to somehow survive against the odds with no help in sight.
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