What the records say
- When
- 22 Jan 1879 – 23 Jan 1879
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 28.36° S, 30.54° E
- Description
- battle in the Anglo-Zulu War, specifically the defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift
Battle of Rorke's Drift
1879 battle of the Anglo-Zulu War
The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful British defence of the Swedish mission station and British supply depot at Rorke's Drift, it was carried out by a vastly outnumbered British force under the command of Lieutenants John Chard of the Royal Engineers and Gonville Bromhead of the 24th Regiment of Foot.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Rorke's Drift: Following the previous day's defeat, a smaller British force of 140 successfully repels an attack by 4,000 Zulus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Rorke's Drift entre Ejército Británico y guerreros zulúes por el control de Suazilandia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page