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Combat 3 British Infantryman vs Zulu Warrior 9781782003656 (P)
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- Condition
- Original Language
- Japanese
- ISBN
- 9781782003656
- Book Title
- British Infantryman Vs Zulu Warrior : Anglo-Zulu War 1879
- Item Length
- 9.9in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.2in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
- Item Width
- 7.2in
- Item Weight
- 9.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 80 Pages
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Expert ananlyis and first-hand accounts of combat during the Anglo-Zulu war in 1879: Nyezane, iSandlwana, and Khambula. As seen in the movie Zulu, starring Michael Caine, Zulu discipline and courage overcame British firepower at iSandlwana, and almost at Rorke's Drift. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, expert analysis and carefully chosen first-hand accounts, this absorbing study traces the development of infantry tactics in the Anglo-Zulu War by examining three key clashes at unit level. The short but savage Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 pitched well-equipped but complacent British soldiers and their auxiliaries into combat with one of history's finest fighting forces, the Zulu Nation. The clashes between these two very different combatants prompted rapid tactical innovation on both sides, as the British and their Zulu opponents sought to find the optimal combination of mobility and firepower. Fought on 22 January 1879, the clash at Nyezane saw Zulu forces, among them the uMxapho ibutho, ambushing a British column; the British forces, including Lieutenant Martin's company of the 2/3rd Foot, engaged their opponents in the prescribed fashion, as honed in the recent conflict with the Xhosa a year earlier. The Zulu attack was premature, and by 9.30am, after about 90 minutes of heavy fighting, they were repulsed. The British tactics worked, but largely only because the Zulus had an uncharacteristically low numerical superiority. At iSandlwana later that same day, however, the shortcomings of the British tactics, obscured at Nyezane, were made brutally apparent. The Zulus had sufficient manpower not only to withstand that level of casualties but also to complete their encirclement of the British forces, and as the British line disintegrated the firefight gave way to the close-quarter fighting at which the Zulus excelled; not one man of the 1/24th and 2/24th Foot survived. The British forces surrounded and crushed at iSandlwana included Captain W.E. Mostyn's company of the 1/24th Foot, which was initially deployed in advance of the British camp but was later withdrawn to form part of the firing line; their opponents included the iNgobamkhosi ibutho, many of whose warriors left first-hand accounts of the battle. While iSandlwana demonstrated the strengths of the Zulu tactics, it also demonstrated their weaknesses - for the casualties inflicted by the British foreshadowed the carnage they would reap once the British wholeheartedly embraced close-order tactics and defended positions. At Khambula on 29 March 1879, a much bigger British force adopted a defensive position and defeated the same Zulu units who had previously triumphed at iSandlwana, including the uKhandempemvu ibutho, which came close to storming the British defences. At iSandlwana, the Zulus had been able to screen their advance with skirmishers and take advantage of the broken and grassy ground, but at Khambula their spontaneous attack did not allow them to disperse properly and they were funnelled together on a contracting front over woefully exposed ground. The British had learned the tactical lessons of iSandlwana and deliberately sought to restrict the Zulu ability to manoeuvre and co-ordinate their attacks, and to concentrate their own firepower.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1782003657
ISBN-13
9781782003656
eBay Product ID (ePID)
167799955
Product Key Features
Book Title
British Infantryman Vs Zulu Warrior : Anglo-Zulu War 1879
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
Publication Year
2013
Genre
History
Number of Pages
80 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.9in
Item Height
0.2in
Item Width
7.2in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
3
Lc Classification Number
Dt1882.T3
Reviews
"This is the third book in the new Combat series from Osprey which looks at soldiers who faced each other in battle. The book compares the fighting styles and tactics of the British and Zulus in three very different battles - Nyezane (22 January 1879), iSandlwana (22 January 1879), and Khambula (29 March 1879). Accounts from combatants on both sides are included. Besides the period black and white photos and artwork, there are color maps, color photos of the battlefields as they appear today, and weapons carried by British troops and Zulus. Illustrator Peter Dennis has done some excellent panoramic paintings of the battles as well as full-page illustrations of both a British infantryman and a typical Zulu warrior." IPMS/USA, "This is the third book in the new Combat series from Osprey which looks at soldiers who faced each other in battle. The book compares the fighting styles and tactics of the British and Zulus in three very different battles -- Nyezane (22 January 1879), iSandlwana (22 January 1879), and Khambula (29 March 1879). Accounts from combatants on both sides are included. Besides the period black and white photos and artwork, there are color maps, color photos of the battlefields as they appear today, and weapons carried by British troops and Zulus. Illustrator Peter Dennis has done some excellent panoramic paintings of the battles as well as full-page illustrations of both a British infantryman and a typical Zulu warrior." -- IPMS/USA
Illustrated by
Dennis, Peter
Table of Content
Introduction /The opposing sides /Combat 1 /Combat 2 /Combat 3 /Analysis and conclusion /Bibliography /Index
Copyright Date
2013
Lccn
2013-388205
Dewey Decimal
968.4045
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Combat Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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