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Date	Original Topic
2nd May 2003	Map By Alex I am looking for a layout of the fortifications and the layout of the bulidings before and after the battle of rorke's drift. Do you know of any place I can get them or if anybody here has them that they could send or scan me?
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2nd May 2003	Alex Actually, with the help of a friend, i've found the layout at http://home.attbi.com/~tsrstevew/RorkDrft/compound.gif where did the british retreat back to when some of their walls broke away?
2nd May 2003	Peter Critchley Hi Alex, You might also be interested in: http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/battle/chard_map.htm This is the actual map that Lt. Chard drew after the battle. It was kindly sent to us by the RRW Museum in Brecon. All the best, Peter
2nd May 2003	Peter Critchley Hi Alex, You might also be interested in: http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/battle/chard_map.htm This is the actual map that Lt. Chard drew after the battle. It was kindly sent to us by the RRW Museum in Brecon. All the best, Peter
2nd May 2003	Chris John Hi Alex, let me answer your questions. First, there were a couple of different maps of the defences at RD, but the best is the one on this site. Also, if you look at the map on this site and look to the right where you see a little circular fortification known as the re-doubt, that is where the men made there last stand and fought off the last Zulu Attack. Hope this is of some help Chris J
4th May 2003	Alex Thanks for all the help. The reason I was wondering where the Britsih fell back too was because in the movie Zulu, it looked like they retreated back to another rampart before retreating back to make their final stand at the firing step.
4th May 2003	Alex Am I right in thinking this or did I not interpert the movie correctly.