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Battle of Rorke's Drift
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
and Lieutenant
Gonville Bromhead
, immediately followed the
British Army
's defeat at the
Battle of Isandlwana
on 22 January 1879, and continued into the following day, 23 January.
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