Table of Contents
List of Plates vii
List of Figures ix
List of Tables x
Foreword Brian Best xi
Acknowledgements xviii
Introduction 1
1 Prelude to Rorke's Drift 8
2 The Defences at Rorke's Drift 15
3 A Few Hours Before-the Battle of Isandlwana 18
4 The Battle For Rorke's Drift 24
5 The Experiences of August Hammar and Reverend Otto Witt 54
6 Was He There? Bogus Rorke's Drift Claimants 67
7 The Rorke's Drift Awards 79
8 The Welsh Myth 103
9 Archaeology 108
10 A Psychological Review of the Chard Report 112
11 The Chard Reports and Scientific Analysis 123
12 Sister Janet at Rorke's Drift 136
13 Rorke's Drift Today 151
Appendices
1 Rorke's Drift Victoria Crosses 156
2 The Main Requirements of the British Ultimatum to King Cetshwayo 158
3 Sergeant T. Cooper, 24th Regiment 160
4 Private George Thomas Langridge, 24th Regiment 163
5 An Account by Lieutenant Colonel F. Bourne OBE, DCM 165
6 The Zulu Cultural Village 170
7 'Wood Tells Me' - the Quiet Assassination of John Chard's Character 173
8 Chelmsford's Report Reaches London 179
9 Lieutenant Higginson's Report 181
10 Punch 183
11 Smoking Guns 190
Notes 191
Index of Names 199
