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Isandlwana Zulu Battlefield
paul mercer


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Gentlemen,
Just been watching a DVD entitled Isandwlana Zulu Battlefield that was released in the late 1990's (I think). It shows some excellent arial views of the battlefield as gives a quite interesting commentry on the battle. the inference is that the firing line appears to be quite some distance from the camp/ammunition waggons etc. What puzzles me is why Pulleine did not pull all his available men into a square around the ammo wagons (even though he did not have time to larger all of them) as Chelmsford did in later battles. In your opinions, which I value greatly, would this have made any appreciable difference to the end result, or were there just too many Zulu attackers for them to cope with? Also, what in your expert eyes would have happened if Chelmsford had not left camp and had his full force available, bearing in mind that the Zulus were also at full strength and full of confidence and had not faced the fearsome volley fire from the British ranks before? Would he still have been surrounded and overwhelmed?
Am about a third of the way through Zulu Rising and enjoying it very much as it seems to put a more human edge on Dunford.
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