Battle of Ulundi
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The Battle of Ulundi took place at the Zulu capital of Ulundi on 4 July 1879 and was the last battle of the Anglo-Zulu War. The British Army broke the military power of the Zulu Kingdom by defeating t
"The Burning of Ulundi"
Photograph of Prince Ndabuko kaMpande
Lord Chelmsford
Field Marshal Lord Wolseley
John Chard
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Colonel John Rouse Merriott Chard was a British Army officer who received the Victoria Cross for his role in the defence of Rorke's Drift in January 1879 where he assumed command of the outpost, with
Battle of Ulundi
…jittery British troops and artillery in laager at Fort Newdigate, opened fire on an arriving piquet company of Royal Engineers commanded by Lieutenant John Chard of Rorke's Drift fame, killing two horses and wounding one. By 16 June the slow advance was quickened by the news that Wolseley was on his way to Natal…
John Chard
The Defence of Rorke's Drift (1880) by Elizabeth Thompson. Chard is shown in the centre directing the defence with Bromhead
The defence of Rorke's Drift (1879) by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville. Chard is shown on the right of the painting in pale trousers.
Wolseley presenting the Victoria Cross to Chard at Inkwenke Camp