Zululand Beautiful lakes, magnificent birdwatching and plenty of game. The tactics, leadership, motivation and training of the British troops are exposed as the Boers retake Majuba mountain.
Most British losses occur through falling down the mountain in flight.
The Boers traditionally did not fight on Sundays, either in this or the second Boer War. By using cover and covering fire, the Boers managed to scramble over the summit. Colley had actually been asleep in his tent on the summit during the first part of the battle. It has been said that the British would have accounted for more Boers had they simply hurled rocks over the edge. The Boers advanced in three columns, one, of the more experienced older men providing covering fire using dead ground for the others.