The British forces invaded Zululand at three places, the 2/24th were part of the main central thrust under the command of Lord Chelmsford. By mid-January there were 5,000 troops garrisoned at a Swedish missionary just inside the Natal border with the Buffalo river Rorke's Drift.
On January...
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