. Battles of the nineteenth century . 1. rorkes drift at the present time. (Fycvi a Phoio by Mr. G. T. Feyne^ hough, Fieiermaritzburg, South Africa.) 139, of whom thirtv-five were sick or woundedmen in hospital. The original scheme of defencehad provided for a much larger force, and Chardrecognised that it would now be impossible longto occupy effectively the range of parapets andloopholes which had been prepared. There wasnothing for it but to form an inner line ofdefence, to which the garrison might fall back•vhen the outer line became untenable. Hedecided that, if necessary, the hospital mu
. Battles of the nineteenth century . 1. rorkes drift at the present time. (Fycvi a Phoio by Mr. G. T. Feyne^ hough, Fieiermaritzburg, South Africa.) 139, of whom thirtv-five were sick or woundedmen in hospital. The original scheme of defencehad provided for a much larger force, and Chardrecognised that it would now be impossible longto occupy effectively the range of parapets andloopholes which had been prepared. There wasnothing for it but to form an inner line ofdefence, to which the garrison might fall back•vhen the outer line became untenable. Hedecided that, if necessary, the hospital must beabandoned, and that the defence must be re-stricted to the store and the space in front of it, About five or six hundred of theeneni} appeared, sweeping round the rocky hillto the south of the post, and advancing at theswift pace characteristic of the Zulu warriorsagainst the south wall which connected the storeand hospital. But they had to deal with sterpmen who were braced up for the encounterby feelings of duty, patr
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