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* 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift – 139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors.

* 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.

* Battle of Rorke's Drift, 1879 battle between British and Zulu forces

The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was a battle in the Anglo-Zulu War.

The defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift, under the command of Lieutenant John Chard of the Royal Engineers, immediately followed the British Army's defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, and continued into the following day, 23 January.

Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders of Rorke's Drift, seven of them to soldiers of the 2nd / 24th Foot – the most ever received in a single action by one regiment ( although not, as commonly thought, the most won in a single action or the most won in a day: 16 were won at the Battle of Inkerman, on 5 November 1854 ; 28 were won during the Second Relief of Lucknow, 14 – 22 November 1857 ).

This high number of awards for bravery has been interpreted as a reaction to the earlier defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana-the extolling of the victory at Rorke's Drift drawing the public's attention away from the great defeat at Isandlwana and the fact that Lord Chelmsford and Bartle Frere had instigated the war without the approval of Her Majesty's Government.

The 1964 film Zulu is a depiction of the Battle of Rorke's Drift.

Of the 122 soldiers of the 24th Regiment present at the Battle of Rorke's Drift, 49 are known to have been of English nationality, 32 were Welsh, 16 were Irish, 1 was a Scot, and 3 were born overseas.

* Gilbert Padilla, " The Battle of Rorke's Drift "

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* Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Bourne OBE DCM, Colour Sargeant at the Battle of Rorke's Drift, lived at 16 Kingshall Road after his retirement.

Two film dramatisations of the war are: Zulu ( 1964 ), which is based on the Battle at Rorke's Drift, and Zulu Dawn ( 1979 ), which deals with the Battle of Isandlwana.

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* the opening scenes of Zulu, a 1963 film about the Battle of Rorke's Drift

* Zulu: the film shows the rifles in use at the Battle of Rorke's Drift

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Zulu is a 1964 historical war film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War.

Cy Endfield was inspired to make the film after reading an article on the Battle of Rorke's Drift by John Prebble.

* Surgeon Reynolds: During the Battle of Rorke's Drift, Reynolds went around the barricades, distributing ammunition and tending to the wounded there, something that is not shown in the film.

* 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana – Zulu troops defeat British troops.

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* 1879 – War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.

* 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20, 000 Zulus.

* 1879 – War of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter.

Although ultimately failing against modern rifle and artillery fire in 1879, his theory achieved some success at Battle of Isandlwana | Isandlwana.

; 1879: The Battle of Isandlwana is the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War.

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