Ford (crossing)
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A ford is a shallow section of a river or stream where it may be crossed by wading, on horseback, or inside a vehicle. A ford may occur naturally or be constructed. Fords may be impassable during high
Rawney Ford on the Bothrigg Burn, a tributary of the White Lyne in Cumbria, England
Crossing the Red River near Granite, Oklahoma in 1921
Crossing the Milkhouse ford through Rock Creek, Washington, DC, in 1960
A ford next to a bridge that can only support 1.5 tonnes in Aufseß, Germany
Battle of Rorke's Drift
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The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful British defence of the Swedish mission station and British supply depot
Ford (crossing)
…derived from "Uut Trecht", meaning "downstream crossing". The Afrikaans form was taken into South African English as drift and led to place names like Rorke's Drift and Velddrift. Similarly, in Slavic languages, the word brod comes from the linguistic root that means "river-crossing" or "place where a river can be…
The Defense of Rorke's Drift, by Alphonse de Neuville (1880)
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Historical picture of Zulu warriors from about the same time as the events at Rorke's Drift
Contemporary drawing of Rorke's Drift Post, from The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers.