| Date | Original Topic |
| 18th December 2002 | Is this true.
By Peter Harman
I have been reading a very interesting book.
And it appears that the preperations for war were being draw up six months before the ultimatums were issued to Cetshwayo is this true or has this just came to light. |
| Date | Replies |
| 18th December 2002 | Peter Critchley
If it's true Peter, it would seem that not much has changed since then and now.
Peter |
| 19th December 2002 | Chris Evans
"The Washing of the Spears" indicates that the boundary commission report delivered to Bartle Frere in July of 1878 set things in motion. He feared a native uprising in response to the pro-Zulu ruling, and in any case wished to annex the Zulu nation. The events leading to the ultimatum only provided the immediate causus belli.
As this is my first post here, I'll refrain from addressing the first reply to this query. |
| 19th December 2002 | Chris Evans
And I see that I didn't properly answer the question. Yes, preparations for a 'possible' war with Cetshwayo were being made six months before the ultimatum was deliverered. This is not recently uncovered information. |
| 19th December 2002 | PETER HARMAN
Thanks Chris.
And welcome to this Interesting web site. |
| 21st December 2002 | Stephen Coan
Richard Cope's Ploughshare of War published by the University of Natal Press is a brilliant account of the origins (and engineering) of the Anglo-Zulu War. |
