Major Graham·May 8, 2024Anglo-Zulu War Accounts From Eye Witnesses Who Fought In The WarLetters from the front can be quite important especially when in the 1800s there were no media such as what we have today, no films, and…
Major Graham·Jan 26, 2022More stories showing the human side of the Anglo-Zulu war.After the battle at Rorke’s Drift, soldiers shared their experiences, while officers wrote reports and some kept diaries. These accounts…
Major Graham·Jan 9, 2022What Really Happened At The Battle Of Isandlwana In The 1879 Zulu WarThe Anglo Zulu war has fascinated me since the late 60s. There are so many amazing stories that if filmmakers would learn just a little…
Major Graham·Aug 4, 2021The Redcoat in the Cave ISANDLWANAOne of the enduring stories of the battle of Isandlwana is that of Captain Reginald Younghusband and his “C” Company. Positioned to the…
Major Graham·Jan 27, 2022Melton Prior. War Correspondent Artist. Anglo Zulu WarMelton Prior (12 September 1845–2 November 1910), was an English artist and war correspondent who in 1879 went out to South Africa to…
Major Graham·Feb 2, 2022Captain David Moriarty an Officer Responsible for one of the many foolhardy mishaps of the ZuluWar.The more I look at the Anglo Zulu war of 1879 the more I am convinced that the British had some of the most incompetent imbeciles this…
Major Graham·Jan 15, 2022More stories from the Anglo Zulu war of 1879.In the greater accounts of battles, the small and personal incidents are often overlooked — but these bring out the human side of what men…
Major Graham·Jan 31, 2022The Death Of A French Prince In Far Away Africa.The Anglo-Zulu War in 1879 was fraught with mistakes, along with many deaths on both sides. However one of the most tragic, needless deaths…
Major Graham·Apr 3, 2023Battle of Gingindlovu in the Zulu war.We are now coming to near the end of the war and the tide has now turned in favour of the British
Major Graham·Mar 27, 2023The Battle of Hlobane Mountain changed the Zulu War.There is a lonely grave out in Zululand some eight miles north of Hlobane Mountain. On a slight rise between two streams, where the rooi…
Major Graham·Feb 11, 2022Captain R. Younghusband’ Last Stand And Charge At Isandlwana“Impi, wo nansimpi yeza, Wobani bengathinta ma bubhesi?”
Major Graham·May 6, 2022Rorkes Drift Survivers. What Happened To Them?They faced 4,000 fierce Zulu warriors, who had only hours earlier witnessed the slaughter of 1,700 British and Natal soldiers. These…
Major Graham·Aug 31, 2022What was it like to be a soldier fighting in the 1879 Zulu war?Lt John Rouse Merriot Chard, VC, one of the heroes of Rorke’s Drift, together with a group of other officers from the Royal Engineers…
Major Graham·Sep 4, 2022What was it like at Rorke’s Drift on 22nd January 1879?We are fortunate that we have the memoir of Private Hitch one of the defenders and recipients of one of the 11 Victoria Crosses that tells…
Major Graham·Jan 10, 2023How Did the Anglo-Zulu War Start And Why? And a little-known battle.To truly grasp the dynamics of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, it is essential to delve into the mindset of the key figures in Natal and the…
Major Graham·Jan 25, 2023Lieutenant John Chard Officer in charge of Rorkes Drift acquired these photos, sometime after the…The photographs belonged to Lieutenant John Chard, who won a Victoria Cross for leading the valiant defence of the garrison
