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" Black soldiers of the queen : "
P.S. Thompson.
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BL
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1042828
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b797198
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Thompson, P. S., (Paul Singer)
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Black soldiers of the queen : : the Natal native contingent in the Anglo-Zulu War /\ P.S. Thompson.
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Rev. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Tuscaloosa :: University of Alabama Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (vii, 179 pages) :: maps
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0817381805
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: 9780817381806
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0817353682
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9780817353681
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179).
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| Contents
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The coming of war -- Mobilization : the first regiment, pioneers and mounted troops -- Mobilization (continued) : the second and third regiments -- The third regiment in the Zulu country -- Disaster at Isandlwana -- Escape from the Zulu country -- Disbanding of the third regiment -- The second regiment to Eshowe and back -- Remodelling of the contingent -- The relief of Eshowe -- War in the thorns -- War on the plain -- War in the hills -- In the Zulu heartland -- Victory at Ulundi -- The king chase -- The return of peace.
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Africans who fought alongside the British against the Zulu king. "Black Africans made up more than half of the British army that invaded Zululand in January of 1879 and went on to fight the storied battles of Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, and Ulundi. The British force totaled some 16,800 men, at least 9,000 of whom were Africans. Of these a few, perhaps as many as 1,000, were dissident Zulus. ... The bulk of the large African component, however, was comprised of the Natal Native Contingent (NNC), men recruited from Africans resident in Natal. "This is the force whose story Tho.
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Great Britain.-- Colonial forces-- South Africa-- History-- 19th century.
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Great Britain.
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Zulu War, 1879-- Regimental histories.
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Zulu War, 1879.
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Armed Forces-- Colonial forces.
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HISTORY-- General.
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HISTORY.
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Regimental histories.
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South Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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968.4045
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DT1875.T45 2006eb
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