Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Maps (Colour Section); Chapter 1: The Background to the War; Chapter 2: Preparations by the Zulu Army; Chapter 3: The British Army; Chapter 4: Number 1 (Coastal) Column; Chapter 5: Number 2 Column; Chapter 6: Number 3 (Central) Column; Chapter 7: Number 4 Column; Chapter 8: Number 5 Column; Chapter 9: The Relief of Eshowe; Chapter 10: The Second Invasion of Zululand by the British; Chapter 11: The Aftermath of the War; Selected Bibliography; Index
Summary
Interest in KwaZulu-Natal's battlefields - especially those of the Anglo-Zulu War - has soared since the film Zulu first screened in 1964, followed by Zulu Dawn in 1979 (the centenary of the Anglo-Zulu War). During the centenary, the famous battlefields of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift were made 'tourist-friendly' by the then Natal Provincial Administration and controls were put in place by the heritage authorities to prevent relics from being plundered. Supported by effective marketing from the Battlefield Route Association and the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Tourism Authority, the battlefields h
