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The Frontier Light Horse in the Anglo-Zulu War 1879
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The Frontier Light Horse in the Anglo-Zulu War 1879
A NEW book released today! R299.
Foreword by - Dr. Adrian Greaves FRGS
Chairman, The Anglo Zulu War Historical Society.
Cameron Simpson’s new book is well-researched and detailed analysis of the men who volunteered to fight in the locally recruited Frontier Light Horse (FLH) alongside regular British troops during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. The book’s narrative is based on a number of years’ intensive research by Simpson on both South Africa and the UK and is unique.
The book gives full credit to the regiments commanding officer, the highly popular Brevet Major Redvers Henry Buller C.B. of the 60th Rifles. At the time of the British invasion of Zululand in January 1879 the FLH was sent to support the British Northern Column, No4 (Left) Column, at Utrecht under the overall command of Brevet Colonel Sir Henry Evelyn Wood V.C., C.B. These volunteers were to a man civilians living in South Africa who joined this independent mounted regiment, originally established to assist the under-manned British army, in the Ninth Eastern Cape Frontier War of 1877-78 and the following First Anglo-BaPedi War of 1878. When, just a month later, operations against the Zulus commenced, they were already an operationally experienced force that understood combined operations between infantry, artillery, mounted troops and native levies.
The regiment was highly maneuverable and its men were ‘the right stuff’ having already made their way to South Africa, and familiar with South Africa’s harsh rocky terrain. By the time of the Zulu campaign, they were already physically conditioned to the often extreme weather conditions of fluctuating torrential rain with blistering heat in the daytime and bitterly cold nights.
Much is already known of the Anglo-Zulu War and Simpson cleverly touches on the war’s progress through the eyes of this mounted colonial regiment. It gives a full account of the regiments engagements against the Zulus and illustrates how they fought independently and, in most cases, successfully, in support of Lord Chelmsford’s ponderous Regiments of slow moving red-coated foot soldiers. The Regiment had its successes and disasters – the worst disaster for the regiment was its routing by the Zulus on the flat-topped Hlobane Mountain, through no fault of theirs, during which they lost 29 men killed, a severe loss for a tightly bonded unit.
Within the book are tales of gallantry, of sadness and accounts of great bravery; their reports also show selflessness. Simpson had uncovered a true treasure trove of material and full details of the regiments participants and their service can be found in the impressive Appendix C.
Simpson’s feat of research makes this book a conclusive account in its own right and a treasure trove of detailed information which adds materially to our knowledge of this campaign. A stunning work.