File:Alphonse de Neuville - The defence of Rorke's Drift 1879 - Google Art Project.jpg

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Painting of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift" class="extiw" title="en:Battle of Rorke's Drift">Battle of Rorke's Drift</a> which took place in Natal during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. De Neuville based the painting on eye witness accounts and it depicts several events of the battle occurring at once. Defenders depicted in the painting:

(Sources: David, Saul [2005] Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780141015699" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 9780141015699</a>; Knight, Ian [1996] Rorke's Drift 1879: 'Pinned Like Rats in a Hole' <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781855325067" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 9781855325067</a>)

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current09:56, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 09:56, 3 January 20175,001 × 2,967 (6.99 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Painting of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift" class="extiw" title="en:Battle of Rorke's Drift">Battle of Rorke's Drift</a> which took place in Natal during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. De Neuville based the painting on eye witness accounts and it depicts several events of the battle occurring at once. Defenders depicted in the painting: <ul> <li>Lieutenant <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/John_Chard" class="mw-redirect" title="John Chard">John Chard</a> (to the right at the barrier in pale breeches with rifle)</li> <li>Corporal Scammell of the Natal Native Contingent incorrectly shown in the uniform of the 24th or Corporal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_(VC_1879)" class="extiw" title="en:William Allen (VC 1879)">William Allen</a> (handing cartridges to Chard)</li> <li>Corporal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Schiess" class="extiw" title="en:Ferdinand Schiess">Ferdinand Schiess</a> (wearing a bandoleer and stabbing a Zulu at the barrier with his bayonet)</li> <li>Chaplain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Smith_(chaplain)" class="extiw" title="en:George Smith (chaplain)">George Smith</a> (bearded man handing out cartridges from a haversack)</li> <li>Acting Assistant Commissary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Langley_Dalton" class="extiw" title="en:James Langley Dalton">James Dalton</a> (sat in foreground with a wounded shoulder)</li> <li>Surgeon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Reynolds" class="extiw" title="en:James Henry Reynolds">James Reynolds</a> (attending to Dalton's wound)</li> <li>Lieutenant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonville_Bromhead" class="extiw" title="en:Gonville Bromhead">Gonville Bromhead</a> (stood in the centre of the painting pointing to his left)</li> <li>Private <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Hitch" class="extiw" title="en:Frederick Hitch">Frederick Hitch</a> (stood behind Bromhead)</li> <li>Private <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hook_(VC)" class="extiw" title="en:Henry Hook (VC)">Henry Hook</a> (carrying Private John Connolly on his back away from the burning hospital)</li> <li>Assistant Commissary Walter Dunne (to the left holding a biscuit box)</li> </ul> (Sources: David, Saul [2005] <i>Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879</i> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780141015699" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 9780141015699</a>; Knight, Ian [1996] <i>Rorke's Drift 1879: 'Pinned Like Rats in a Hole'</i> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781855325067" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 9781855325067</a>)
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