Pelly Clark, Capt. 240
Petersen, Trooper 283
Phalane, Chief 243
Phillips, Col. Serg. J. wins DCM 354
Pickard, Lt Col. 202
Pietermaritzburg 48, 59, 104, 106, 109, 148, 151, 188, 197, 199, 212, 255, 265, 338
Pongola river 55, 58, 79, 256, 319, 333
Poole, Lt 274
Pope, Lt Charles 131
Port Durnford 317, 320
Porter, Lt da Costa 193, 195, 199
Potgieter, Hendrik 41–2
Powell, Joseph 56
Power, Pte J wins DCM 278, 353
Pretoria 264
Pretorius, Andries 42–3;
at battle of Blood River 43–5
Prior, Melton 309–10, 311, 315
prisoners and fleeing foe, treatment of 175, 184–6, 197, 233, 247, 286, 311, 313–15
Pulleine, Lt Col. Henry 104;
i/c at Isandlwana camp 121–2, 123, 124;
and Chelmsford’s orders 122, 125, 128; 130, 139, 209, 212–13, 217, 218, 231;
allegedly orders Melvill to save Colour 142; 207, 343
Qahlamba see Drakensberg
Qudeni forest 103
Quigley, Acting Serg. E. wins DCM 354
abaQulusi people 105, 106, 107, 255, 267, 268, 270, 272–4, 319, 331, 333, 345, 346
Qwabe people 53, 54, 56
Raaf, Commandant 304, 305, 346
Raubenheim, Trooper 305
Raw, Lt 125, 138, 144
Reserve Column (No. 2: Durnford’s) 100–1;
at Isandlwana 123
Reserve Column (No. 5: Rowlands’) 107–8, 256, 257
Retief, Piet leads Great Trek 36–8;
massacre by Dingane 38–41;
genuiness of treaty questioned 45–7, 48, 58
Reynolds, Surgeon L. 151, 153, 154, 155, 158, 165–6, 197;
wins VC 203–4, 352, 344
Roberts, Lt 125
Robertson, Rev. Mr 233, 234
Robinson, Sir Hercules 322, 325
Robson, Sapper 153
Rogers, Trooper 293, 295
Rorke’s Drift 12, 14, 45, 72, 75, 91, 92;
Centre Column assembles at 95, 96, 111;
No. 2 Reserve Column ordered there 102, 103; 105, 106, 110;
the mission buildings 112–13; 115, 118, 119, 123;
Zulus cut off retreat to 125, 132;
warned of defeat at Isandlwana 139; 141, 150;
fortified against attack 158–9, 160;
maps and plans 162–3, 169, 170, 172;
Zulu first attack 160–6;
evacuation of hospital 166–9;
renewed Zulu attack 169–73;
Zulus retreat 173; 174–7;
the aftermath 178–95;
Referee poem 348;
awarding of VCs questioned 146–7, 202–6; 255;
site today 336;
composition of opposing forces 344–5;
conditions in camp 362
Rorke, James ‘Jem’ 116
Rowlands VC, Col. Hugh 95, 107–8, 256, 257
Roy, Pte William wins DCM 352, 354
Rudolph, Adrian 76
Russell, Major Francis 96, 112, 128
Russell, Lt Col. John Cecil 140, 175, 201, 267, 268, 270, 272, 274–5, 283, 345
San people (Bushmen) 23–4, 28, 29, 30, 51
Sand Spruit 83, 216
Sarhili, Chief 33
Scammell, Cpl 166
Scanlon, Pte 166
Schiess, Cpl 152;
wins VC 166, 205, 352
Schroeder, Bishop 101–2
Second Division 289–90, 298, 299, 300, 317, 346
Sekethwayo, Chief 331
Sekhukhune, Chief 107, 257
Senzangakona, Chief 53, 54
Shah, HMS 242
Shaka, King 38, 51;
improves army 53–4, 55;
destroys rivals 54–5, 56–7;
entertains Europeans 56–7;
murdered 58;
his battle tactics 68–9; 255, 301, 330
Shaka Zulu (play) 337
Shepstone, Capt. 123, 214, 216
Shepstone, Henrique 76
Shepstone, John 76, 80, 81, 328, 330
Shepstone, Sir Theophilus 60, 72, 73–4, 77–8, 326, 328, 332
Sigcwelegcwele 244
Sigujana 54
Sihayo, Chief 66, 76, 80, 92, 111–12;
attack on his homestead 116–17, 118, 139, 152, 166, 167, 322, 330
Sikonyela, Chief 39, 51
Slagters Nek hangings 34–5
Smith, Rev. George 95, 151, 154, 158–9, 161, 183, 206, 344
Smith, Maj. Stuart 129, 132, 135, 200
Smith (surveyor) 78–9, 80
Smith–Dorrien, Lt (Gen. Sir) Horace 121;
survives Isandlwana 134, 136;
at Rorke’s Drift 151; 183;
evidence to Isandlwana enquiry 208; 211
Snook, Pte John 279, 286
Sobhuza, Chief 51
Somopho, Chief 243, 244
Sotho people 51
Sotondose’s Drift see Fugitives’ Drift
Spalding, Maj. 150, 151, 152, 154, 1546, 158, 171, 198–9, 217, 295
Stanger 255
Stanley, Col. Frederick (Secretary of State for War) 203, 204, 301
Stevenson, Capt. George 152, 153, 158, 160, 295
Strickland, Commissary General Sir Edward 89–90, 204–5
Sullivan, Commodore 65
Swazi kingdom 51
Symbol of Sacrifice (1918 film) 337
Tarboton, Trooper 144
Tenedos, HMS 225
Thambo stream 60
Thembu people 33
Thesiger, General see Chelmsford, Lord
Tinta, Chief 254
Tinta’s Kop 254
Tonga people 333
Transvaal recognised by Britain 48; 71;
annexed by Britain 73–4
Trollope, Anthony 50
Tshotshozi river 292
Tswana chiefdom 51
Tucker, Maj. (Lt Col.) Charles, 256, 257–9, 262–3, 264, 266, 345
Tugela river 39, 41, 51, 55, 60, 71, 79, 92, 95, 99, 225, 226, 240, 243, 298, 317
Ulundi umKhosi ceremony at 63, 64, 66, 81, 92;
Chelmsford’s three–prong march on 82, 99, 107, 116, 119, 177, 225, 248, 238, 251, 297–303;
Zulus set out for war from 114, 120, 227, 270;
town layout 306;
battle of 12, 13, 14, 133, 264, 307–15;
town burnt 315;
battle maps 308, 312;
aftermath 184, 316;
Cetshwayo returns to 322;
site today 337;
composition of opposing forces 346–7
Umsinga 111
Umvubie 188–9
Upoko river 299
Utrecht 76, 79, 92, 106, 107, 253, 254, 264, 282
Uys, Piet (younger) 76, 79, 106, 254, 345
Uys, Piet (elder) 36, 41–2
Vaal river 51, 71
van der Post, Sir Laurens 28
Van Riebeeck, Jan 26
Vane, Lt 157, 159
Vegkop 44
Victoria Cross 146, 147, 351–2;
controversy over Rorke’s Drift awards 202–6;
after Isandlwana 352;
after Rorke’s Drift 352–3;
after Ntombe 353;
after Hlobane 353;
after Khambula 354;
after Mfolozi 354;
Chard’s medal authenticated 353
Victoria, Queen supports Cetshwayo 60–1;
and Chard 147, 202, 206, 222; 203, 266;
and death of Prince Imperial 292, 296;
supports Chelmsford 321;
meets Cetshwayo 322–3;
and the Victoria Cross 320, 351
Villiers, Lt Col. 319
Vinnicombe, Cpl W.D. wins DCM 278, 353
Walkinshaw, Bugler A. wins DCM 278, 353
Wall, Pte 154
Walsh, Lt 175
Wassall, Pte Samuel wins
VC 142, 147–8, 266, 352
Waters, Pte 161, 167–8
Weatherley, Lt Col. 270, 271, 272, 273–4, 277
Westwood, Pte 148
Wheatley, Sapper 153
Wheelwright, Mr 332
White Mfolozi river 51, 53, 280, 301, 306, 307, 314
Whitecross, Trooper 275
Wilkinson, Lt 132
Williams (Fielding), Pte John 161, 167;
wins VC 352
Williams, Pte Joseph 161, 167, 174
Williams, Lt 273
Willshire, Lt Col. 32
Wilson, Pte 211
Windridge, Serg. 161
Witt, Rev. Otto 112–13, 152, 154;
sees Zulus advancing on Rorke’s Drift 155, 157; 158–9, 336
Wolseley, General Sir Garnet and the Rorke’s Drift VCs 142, 146, 148, 203, 205, 206;
recommends Booth for VC 264;
condemnation of Haward 265–6;
appointed to succeed Chelmsford and Frere 289, 297, 302;
and the aftermath 316, 317–18, 319;
refuses to meet Cetshwayo 320;
his reception at home 323;
and division of Zululand 327–8, 330, 332–4
Wombane hill 227, 228–9, 232, 247
Wood VC, Col. (Brig. Gen.) Sir Evelyn 79, 90, 95;
character and career 105–6, 251–3; 106–7;
his Northern Column leads British invasion 108, 115, 251; 128, 148–9, 192, 202, 218, 242–3, 250;
fortifies Khambula 254; 255;
battle of Hlobane 267–8, 270–2, 273, 274, 275, 278;
battle of Khambula 282, 284, 285–6, 287, 290;
march on Ulundi 299; 346
Woodroffe, Edward 156
Wyatt–Edgell, Capt. the Hon. 313
Wynne, Capt. Warren 234, 235, 238, 239, 241, 249
Xhosa people 24;
Frontier Wars versus Boers 30, 31;
and versus British 32–3;
origins 50
Younghusband, Capt. Reginald 129, 131
Zibhebhu, Chief 305, 309, 322, 335
Ziwedu, Chief 307, 347
Zulu (1964 film) 14, 337, 353
Zulu Dawn (1979 film) 14, 337
Zulu army: Frere’s description 50;
under Shaka 51, 53–5;
structure 61–2, 63–7, 156;
washing of the spears 11, 52, 141, 156, 263;
battle tactics 67–9,162, 282–3, 305 see also Zulu regiments
Zulu people first encountered by Europeans 31;
massacre of Boers 37–42;
battle of Blood River 43–5;
history and social structure 50, 51–62;
attitude to burning of Ulundi 319;
Zulu Native Reserve 322;
partition of kingdom 322, 326–31, 333–4;
map of partition 329;
civil war 322, 332–3, 335;
social collapse 330, 331, 334, 336
Zulu regiments: iziCwe 53–4;
uDlambedlu 228;
uDloko 155, 285, 345, 346;
uDududu 285, 346;
iziGqoza 60;
izinGulube 228;
uKhandempemvu 130, 131, 282, 303;
uMbonambi 130, 155, 244, 282, 293;
iMbube 285, 346;
umCijo 244, 346;
iNdlondlo 155, 285, 345, 346;
iNdluyengwe 162, 285, 345;
iNgobamakhosi 135, 244, 282, 283, 285, 293, 336, 346;
uNokhenke 130, 282, 284, 293;
iSangqu 285;
uSuthu 60;
uThulwana 155, 244, 285, 345, 346;
uVe 244, 282, 283, 285;
umXhapho 228
eZungeni hill 299
Zunguin mountains 254
Zunguin Nek 275
Zwide, Chief 50, 55
King Cetshwayo (Anglo Zulu War Historical Society)
Prince Dabulamanzi, King Cetshwayo’s half brother, at Cetshwayo’s coronation (Killie Campbell Africana Library)
A typical Zulu homestead c. 1880 (Cambridge University Library)
Chief Ngoza in war dress (Killie Campbell Africana Library)
Cetshwayo’s chief residence (London Graphic)
Chief Ntshingwayo, who directed the Zulu army at Isandlwana and Khambula (Killie Campbell Africana Library)
The battle of Blood River (AZWHS)
Piet Uys and his four sons, Boers who fought with the British (National Army Museum)
Sir Bartle Frere (Ron Sheeley collection)
Theophilus Shepstone (Killie Campbell Africana Library)
The ultimatum being read to the Zulus, 11 December 1878 (AZWHS)
Lieutenant Colond Anthony Durnford (Private Collection)
Lord Chelmsford (Brian Best collection)
Recovering the wagons from the shattered campsite at Isandlwana (Private Collection)
The retreat of the fugitives across the Buffalo River (Illustrated London News)
John Chard and Gonville Bromhead, who held the garrison at Rorke’s Drift and were subsequently awarded VCs (Ron Sheeley collection).
James Langley Dalton (Illustrated London News)
Lieutenant Curling, one of the few survivors of Isandlwana (AZWHS)
Contemporary engraving of the defence of Rorke’s Drift (London Graphic)
Colonel Charles Knight Pearson, who led the Coastal (no.1) Column into Zululand (National Army Museum)
Contemporary lantern slide – Colonel Pearson sets light to a Zulu village (Mary Evans)
Fort Eshowe (AZWHS)
Contemporary engraving of the final repulse of the Zulus at Gingindlovu (Mary Evans)
Zulu remains at the battlefield of Gingindlovu (National Army Museum)
The battle of Ntombe River (Illustrated London News)
Colonel Sir Evelyn Wood, VC, whose Northern Column led the British invasion (Popperfoto)
Napoleon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Buonapart, the French Prince Imperial, a few weeks before he was killed by a party of Zulus (Killie Campbell African Library)
Gatling gun in Zululand, 1879 (National Army Museum)
Lord Chelmsford directing fire at the battle of Ulundi, 4 July 1879 (Illustrated London News)
The surrender of Zulu chiefs to Sir Garnet Wolseley (Mary Evans)
King Cetshwayo, in Capetown at the beginning of his exile (National Army Museum)
Dr Adrian Greaves has a PhD in South African history and is the editor of the Anglo Zulu War Historical Society journals. He regularly lectures on the Zulu Wars both in the UK and abroad, and is the author of several books on the subject, including Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift. He is married with three sons, and lives in Kent.
By the same author:
Rorke’s Drift
Isandlwana
with Brian Best
The Curling Letters of the Zulu War
with David Rattray
The Guidebook to the Zulu War
with Ian Knight
The South Africa Campaign of 1879
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