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Julian whybra
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I think it would help others to answer if you told us which writer's account of the battle you were following. Talk of companies being 'cut off' is confusing. The convergence of the coys on the camp involved their drawing closer together, the carrying out of which was successfully completed; it was only after the withdrawl of the line to the camp area that the Zulus began to outflank and isolate individual coys. The account which talks of Pullen's group only speaks of 20 or so men (I write from memory).
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scarletto7
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Sorry Julian, was just offering an overview of what was happening, and though i labelled it QM Pullens stand it was also Durnfords stand as well, that held up the left flank of the Zulus.
What in my own humble way i was asking, was that from the area of the stand near the 1/24th encampment, to where C,F,E and A Companies were withdrawing , is a sizeable area, now allowing for Zulus who were fighting H Company as they withdrew towards were Pullen and Durnford where, its a big open area. Which would have allowed Zulus probably from the iNgobamakhosi to have swept through the mounted troops area and stopped C,F and E companies getting to the saddle area, so i was wondering if it wasn't likely but maybe not seen or overlooked that troops of some description held an area between Pullen and the retiring left wing I cant see H Company as its fighting its way back to were the square formed stopping Zulus from flowing past them and basically cutting the British lines in two. I am referring to map 4 of Col Snooks book HCMDB |
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