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> but what were they doing to the Zulus when they were at war with them? Proving that guns beat spears, no matter how many spearmen you have. it took 2 goes,
by SideburnsOfDoom 7y ago
> but what were they doing to the Zulus when they were at war with them?
Proving that guns beat spears, no matter how many spearmen you have.
it took 2 goes, though
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana
- benj111 7y agoThat was quite a famous defeat for the British, so it kind of undermines your point. Are you making reference to Roukes Drift? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift That's what the film Zulu is based on. They followed on from one another, and on the same day, they're generally considered to be 2 separate actions though. Also on the subject of British defeats, there's Gate Pah in New Zealand https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauranga_campaign https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauranga_campaign And the 1st Afghan War. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Anyway I wasn't even thinking about what they did in battle, I was think about how they treated the civilians, how they treated them after the war, how they treated prisoners. The Boers got off lightly, they got some (all?) of their land back after a relatively short period, the Zulus didn't.
- SideburnsOfDoom 7y ago> They followed on from one another, and on the same day, they're generally considered to be 2 separate actions though. Yes, that's point that it "took 2 goes".