| Description |
1 online resource (109 pages) |
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Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Prologue: Fight or Flight; Invasion; KwaJimu; Advance to Contact; The People of Heaven; The Army of Empire; 'Day of the Dead Moon': The Battle of Isandlwana; Estimate of the Situation; 'No Power Could Stand Against. . .'; 'Now We Must Make a Defence'; 'The First Rush'; 'Fix Bayonets'; Rifle-Butts, Bullets, and Bayonets; Fighting Fear; 'Do or Die'; 'Dawn Chorus'; Culmination; Aftermath; Life after Rorke's Drift; Appendices; The Irish at Isandlwana; The Irish at Rorke's Drift; The Irish Dead at Rorke's Drift |
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Family tree, Lieutenant Gonville BromheadLetter written by Walter Dunne at Rorke's Drift .; An Irish soldier-artist in Zululand; Chard's report to Queen Victoria; Popularly believed myths about Rorke's Drift (Historical fact versus cinematographical fiction); Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Rorke's Drift, Battle of, South Africa, 1879.
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Zulu War, 1879 -- Participation, Irish
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.
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Military participation -- Irish
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South Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781785371455 |
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1785371452 |
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