Contents & Quick Reference Guide Page

Contents & Quick Reference Guide

Isandlwana 1879

This contents page enables a quick reference hyperlink to any of the following sections listed below. To return to the Contents & Quick Reference Guide use the Index to the left of the page.

Master Isandlwana Index.

· Section 1—The Invasion. January 1st to 21st 1879

· Helpmekaar. Column Assembly Point

· On the Road to Rorke’s Drift

· Rorke’s Drift—The Start Point

· The Invasion of Zululand—January 11th 1879

· The March—Rorke’s Drift to Isandlwana

· Section 2—The Battlefield

· Battlefield Familiarisation

· Opening Moves—The Zulu Army

· Opening Moves—The British Army

· Section 3—The Battle

· The British Camp Layout

· Durnford’s Reconnaissance Patrol (Raw & Roberts)

· Zulu Army Detection and Movement

· Barry’s Picket on Magaga Knoll

· Mostyn & Cavaye On Tahelane Ridge

· The Manzimnyama Stream

· The British Positions

· Durnford’s Withdrawal

· General Battlefield Photographs

· British Last Stands

· The Fugitives Trail

· Coghill & Melvill—Saving The Colours

· Section 4—The Aftermath

· Chelmsford’s Return to Isandlwana

· Hamilton Browne’s Ridge

· Retaking Isandlwana Camp & The Retreat to Rorke’s Drift

· Sunset Over Isandlwana

· Isandlwana Today

· Visiting the Battlefield at Isandlwana

· The Cairns of Isandlwana

More 1879 Zulu War Battlefields

· Rorke’s Drift

· Hlobane

· Kambula

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Above: The Notch. The lower part of the modern day road that leads off the Nyoni Heights and down onto Isandlwana Plain. During the battle there was heavy shelling of this area by the two artillery pieces on the British firing line.