Victoria's harvest : the Irish soldier in the Zulu War of 1879 /
Truesdale, David,author.
Young, John,author.
"This book is not about the Zulu War of 1879 per se; enough already has been written on that account. It is the story of some of those Irishmen who volunteered for service in Queen Victoria's Army and found themselves involved in not only the greatest defeat of the British soldier at the hands of a native enemy, but also some remarkable victories."--Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-366) and index.
Preface -- 1. Soy=uth Africa -- 2. The plan and the men -- 3. The right flank, or No. 1 Column -- 4. The centre or No. 3 Column -- 5. The left flank, or No. 4 Column -- 6. Durnford's, or No. 2 Column -- 7. The Fifth Column -- 8. The campaign begins -- 9. Nyezane: a close-run thing? (The victory no one remembers) -- 10. Isandlwana: 'I regret to have to report a very disastrous engagement ...' -- 11. Rorke's Drift -- 12. With Wood on the offensive -- 13. At Eshowe -- 14. Hlobane, 28 March: 'Run like the Devil' -- 15. Khambula -- 16. The war continues -- 17. Myer's Drift, Nrombe River -- 18. The Eshowe relief force -- 19. Gingindlovu (He who swallowed the elephant) -- 20. The South African Field Force and the end of the war -- 21. Ulundi (Not so much a battle, as controlled slaughter) -- 22. Aftermath -- 23. A report on transportation (courtesy of a serving officer of Engineers) -- 24. The Grahamstown V.H. Artillery -- 25. On the health of the soldier -- 26. A dissenting voice -- 27. 'The poems' -- 28. The Rorke's Drift roll -- Apprndix 1: A selection of brief biographical sketches relating to some of the men who served in South Africa during 1879.
"This book is not about the Zulu War of 1879 per se; enough already has been written on that account. It is the story of some of those Irishmen who volunteered for service in Queen Victoria's Army and found themselves involved in not only the greatest defeat of the British soldier at the hands of a native enemy, but also some remarkable victories."--Book jacket.
Great Britain. Army
Zulu War, 1879.