War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom fought in the Zulu lands in South Africa in 1879

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A member of the Royal Scots Fusiliers playing the bagpipes in a camp in the Zulu War; a Zulu man is crouching down with his hands over his ears. Wood engraving by C.Roberts after Melton Prior, 1879.

A fat complacent Briton sits on a stool while a Zulu man writes "Despise not your enemy" on a blackboard. Wood engraving by Swain after J. Tenniel, 1879.

Sister Janet / by Adrian Greaves.

Surgical experiences in the Zulu and Transvaal wars, 1879 and 1881 / by D. Blair Brown.

Sister Janet : nurse and heroine of the Anglo-Zulu War 1879 / Brian Best and Katie Slossel.

The Rorke's Drift doctor : James Henry Reynolds, V.C., and the defence of Rorke's Drift, 22nd-23rd January 1879 / with a foreword by Prince Velekhaya Shange.

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Zulu War, 1879

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Sister Janet / by Adrian Greaves.

Surgical experiences in the Zulu and Transvaal wars, 1879 and 1881 / by D. Blair Brown.

Sister Janet : nurse and heroine of the Anglo-Zulu War 1879 / Brian Best and Katie Slossel.

The Rorke's Drift doctor : James Henry Reynolds, V.C., and the defence of Rorke's Drift, 22nd-23rd January 1879 / with a foreword by Prince Velekhaya Shange.

A fat complacent Briton sits on a stool while a Zulu man writes "Despise not your enemy" on a blackboard. Wood engraving by Swain after J. Tenniel, 1879.