Battle of Rorke's Drift

Ne zaman

22 Oca 1879 – 23 Oca 1879

Tür

Muharebe

Koordinatlar

28.36° S, 30.54° E

Description

battle in the Anglo-Zulu War, specifically the defence of the mission station 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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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · “Batalla de Rorke's Drift entre Ejército Británico y guerreros zulúes por el control de Suazilandia” adını veriyorCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Kaynak sayfası

• Anglo-Zulu War11 Oca 1879 · Savaş