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I have always thought that the mechanism for ammunition distribution to the firing line was a bit weak. From what I understand, it seems to have been largely under the control of special duty officers ...
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Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:03 pm |
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Do you think it would have made much difference to the outcome of the battle? After all the Zulus were coming in through the backdoor as well as the front.
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Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:49 pm |
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Surely with a bandolier, all the cartridges would be downward pointing , so that water would be unlikely to enter, unless of course the bandolier was immersed. Also, would not the leather loop cover ...
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Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:30 pm |
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Coll, not sure if Curling letters or not. I have copied the original post from 2003 so that you can see where my query comes from.
copied from archive -
3rd September 2003 Chard
By DAVE
New le ...
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Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:24 pm |
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I know that there has been a lot of discussion about the collapse of the firing line and Durnford's withdrawal, but if the line had not collapsed when it did and the imperial companies had made a safe ...
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Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:19 pm |
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Being new to this site, I have been reading through the archives and came across a post from September 2003 about new letters pertaining to the Zulu War found in an attic in Kent.
Can anyone update ...
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Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:27 pm |
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Can anyone give me details of Captain Wardell's company's part in the battle of Isandhlwana. Various accounts I have read tend to skirt over what happened to that company when the line collapsed.
My ...
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