Buy this book on-line SNOOK,LIEUTENANT COLONEL MIKE**: : LIKE WOLVES ON THE FOLD: The Defence of RORKE'S DRIFT.**LONDON.GREENHILL BOOKS,2006. ISBN 1853676594.
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8 b/w illustrated maps,32pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs+illus between pp142-175,appendices(7),biblio+sources,
glossary,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list/
table.
Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the annals of military history.In the morning,a modern British Army was swept aside by the onset of a seemingly unstoppable Zulu host at Isandlwana.Nearby,at a remote border outpost on the Buffalo River,a single company of the 24th Regiment and a few dozen recuperating hospital patients were
passing another hot,monotonous day.News of the disaster across the river came like a bolt out of the blue.Retreat was not an option.It seemed certain that the Rorke's Drift detachment would share the terrible fate of their comrades.
Following on from 'How Can Man Die Better: The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed',Colonel Snook brings the insights of a military professional to bear in this strikingly original account. It is an extraordinary tale - a victory largely achieved by the sheer bloody-mindedness in adversity of the British
infantryman,fighting at the remarkable odds of over thirty to one.The heroics of all eleven VC winners are recounted in detail,and we are offered new perspectives on how the Zulu attack unfolded and how 150 men achieved their improbable victory. The author describesthe remainder of the war,from the recovery of the lost Queen's Colour of the 24th to the climactic charge of the 17th Lancers at Ulundi.We return to Isandlwana to consider culpability,and learn of the often tragic fates of many of the war's participants.
'Like Wolves on the Fold: The Defence of Rorke's Drift' is a remarkable work,and the author's unbridled respect for the fighting qualities of the British soldier and his abiding affection for the Zulu people shines through.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with white+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - appears an unread copy. Bright,clean,unblemished,publisher's original,plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xvipp+2-302pp [paginated] includes illus+ maps lists/tables,foreword by Lt.-Col Huw Lloyd-Jones,an author preface,a prologue, Pts 1-3 comprising 8 chapters and an epilogue,8 b/w illustrated maps,32pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs+illus between pp142-175,appendices(7), bibliography+sources,glossary,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list/table.
Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the annals of military history.In the morning,a modern British Army was swept aside by the onset of a seemingly unstoppable Zulu host at Isandlwana.Nearby,at a remote border outpost on the Buffalo River,a single company of the 24th Regiment and a few dozen recuperating hospital patients were passing another hot,monotonous day.News of the disaster across the river came like a bolt out of the blue.Retreat was not an option.It seemed certain that the Rorke's Drift detachment would share the terrible fate of their comrades.Following on from 'How Can Man Die Better: The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed',Colonel Snook brings the insights of a military professional to bear in this strikingly original account. It is an extraordinary tale - a victory largely achieved by the sheer bloody-mindedness in adversity of the British infantryman,fighting at the remarkable odds of over thirty to one.The heroics of all eleven VC winners are recounted in detail,and we are offered new perspectives on how the Zulu attack unfolded and how 150 men achieved their improbable victory. The author describes the remainder of the war,from the recovery of the lost Queen's Colour of the 24th to the climactic charge of the 17th Lancers at Ulundi.We return to Isandlwana to consider culpability,and learn of the often tragic fates of many of the war's participants.'Like Wolves on the Fold: The Defence of Rorke's Drift' is a remarkable work,and the author's unbridled respect for the fighting qualities of the British soldier and his abiding affection for the Zulu people shines through.
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