Sabaton - Rorke’s Drift [Zulu War - 1879]

In 1879, under the command of Lieutenant John Chard and Gonville Bromhead, a small company of British soldiers successfully defended the outpost at Rorke’s Drift, a Swedish hospital and church, against an intense assault by almost 4,000 Zulu warriors. The massive Zulu attacks came very close to defeating the tiny garrison but were ultimately repelled. When the Zulu’s neared the mission station, a large number of allied, native militiamen jumped over the makeshift fortification and ran away in horror. Lef