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Durnford's men, upon meeting elements of the Zulu centre, had retreated to a donga, a dried-out watercourse, on the British right flank where they formed a defensive line. The rocket battery under Durnford's command, which was not mounted and dropped behind the rest of the force, was isolated and overrun very early in the engagement.
Ntshingwayo was one of the King's many senior induna who were run down and killed as they tried to escape, [2] along with Ntshingwayo's childhood friend Godide Ndlela. oNdini was razed to the ground. The great irony is that the victorious general of Isandlwana was himself killed by a fellow veteran of the battle. [2]
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The Last Stand at Isandlwana depicts the 1879 battle of Isandlwana, the first major engagement of the Anglo-Zulu war between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.Having invaded Zululand, the British Army under lord Chelmsford suffered a major defeat at Isandlwana, partially mitigated by the successful defense of Rorke's Drift of the same day.
They acquitted themselves well and, combined with Pulleine's work organising supply columns to besieged British garrisons, earned Pulleine a deserved reputation as an organiser and administrator. [3] With the war at an end Pulliene took over as commandant of Durban-KZN , and subsequently commanded the Army's remount depot at Pietermaritzburg .
Gert Wilhelm Adendorff (10 July 1848 – c. 1914) was a member of the Natal Native Contingent notable for being the only soldier on the British side present at both the Battle of Isandlwana and the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 made memorable in the film Zulu (1964).
Colonel Henry Thomas Curling (27 July 1847 – 1 January 1910) was a Royal Artillery officer of the British Army who served between 1868 and 1902. He fought in the Anglo-Zulu war and during the Battle of Isandlwana was one of only a few British officers to survive; in fact he was the only British front line survivor.
Capt Alan Gardner passed Staff College in 1872. He served in the 11th Hussars and the 14th King's Hussars.He was involved in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, and was present at the Battle of Isandlwana where he was one of only five British officers to survive.