. True tales of travel and adventure, valour and virtue. ades, and affording a graphic sketch of anevent which will ever be memorable in the annals of Britishheroism. Rorke^s Drift, January 25///, 1879. I have to report that on the 22nd inst. I was left in com-mand at Rorkes Drift, by Major Spalding, who went toHelpmakar in order to hurry forward a company of the24th Regiment. I was specially ordered to protect the that day I was watching at the ponts, when twomen came towards us from Zululand at a gallop. They shoutedout, and were taken across the river; and I was then info
. True tales of travel and adventure, valour and virtue. ades, and affording a graphic sketch of anevent which will ever be memorable in the annals of Britishheroism. Rorke^s Drift, January 25///, 1879. I have to report that on the 22nd inst. I was left in com-mand at Rorkes Drift, by Major Spalding, who went toHelpmakar in order to hurry forward a company of the24th Regiment. I was specially ordered to protect the that day I was watching at the ponts, when twomen came towards us from Zululand at a gallop. They shoutedout, and were taken across the river; and I was then informedby one of them—Lieutenant Adendorff, of CommandantLonsdales regiment, who afterwards remained to assist in thedefence—of the disaster befallen at the Isandula camp, andthat the Zulus were advancing on Rorkes Drift. The other,a carbineer, rode on to take the news forward to Helpmakar. Almost immediately afterwards I received a message fromLieutenant Bromhead, Commander of the company of the24th Regiment at the post, asking me to come up at .GALLANT DEFENCE OF RORKEs DRIFT. THE MORNING AFTER THE CONFLICT. [/rt^(? 296. of Rorkes Drift. 297 I gave instructions to strike tents, and to put all stores into thewaggons, while I instantly made my way to the commissariatstore, and there found a note that had been received from theThird Column (Lord Chelmsfords), stating that the enemywas advancing in force against our post, which we were tostrengthen and hold at all costs. Lieutenant Bromhead wasalready most actively engaged loopholing and barricading thestore building and hospital, and also in connecting the defencesof the two buildings by walls, constructed with mealie bagsand waggons. 1 held a hurried consultation with him andMr. Dalton of the commissariat, who was actively superintend-ing the work of defence, and whom I cannot sufficiently thankfor his most valuable services—and I entirely approved all hisarrangements. I then went round our position, down to theporrts
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