In Zululand with the British Army - The Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 through the first-hand experiences of a special correspondent

Published by Leonaur, 2006, softcover, 316 pages, condition: new.

In Zululand with the British Army. Eyewitness from disaster to victory. Very few professional writers are fortunate enough to be 'on the spot' when momentous events occur. Most often we are left with accounts by amateurs. Charles Norris-Newman was different. He accompanied Lord Chelmsford's expeditionary force into Zululand as a special correspondent and, but for his decision to attach himself to the staff, would have been fatefully present at the slaughter that was Isandlwhana. In the event, he had the chilling distinction of being able to describe the British camp both before and immediately after the battle. Norris-Newman remained with the Army through most of the remainder of war and left us, in his writing, an essential, full, and immediate view of the Zulu War of 1879 without parallel.