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28th October 2002zulus
By steven
do you think the zulus were dumb for attacking rd? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? i guess they thought they were cool for winning islanawana.
i also like to point out that im related to reynolds. yest the surgeon. im a doctor too well cya
DateReplies
28th October 2002alan
do you mean Debbie Renolds?
29th October 2002David Bluestein
We can only hope "Steven" decides one day to pen the next definitive history of the Anglo Zulu War.
18th November 2002Geoff Melling
"Dumb"!!!!! Well I suppose that is a sort of good question. I've just seen some of the replies to another posted question in which some people "claiming" to be Zulus have taken great offence to almost everything said, with resulting unpleasentness, so lets hope they miss this question out. I believe the attack on RD by Zulu Prince Dabulamanzi and his iNdluyengwe Regiment was totally unauthorised by King Cetshwayo. It came about because Dabulamanzi and his troops were held in reserve at Isandlewana, so basically missed out on all the action and shared glory. Dabulamananzi was understandably frustrated by this, so saw his chance to gain glory and some easy pickings at Rorke's Drift only a short distance away. I don't know about "Dumb", but I suspect the need for honour was possibly a strong motive, as has been one of the motives for battle throughout history.