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RON LOCK Blood on the Painted Mountain. Zulu victory and defeat, Hlobane and Kambula, 1879.London / Pennsylvania, Greenhill Books / Stackpole Books, 1995. Large 8vo, pp. 224. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated. Includes index & bibliographical references The Battle of Hlobane had been a disaster for the British. 15 officers and 110 men were killed, a further 8 wounded and 100 native soldiers died. The loss in horses gravely weakened Wood’s mounted capability. The Border Horse unit, trapped and unable to retreat to Kambula was wiped out, and the battalions of Zulu warriors helping the British had decamped. However, Wood was confident that the Zulu impi would now attack Kambula as he hoped, and he was confident of victory. The following day, at the Battle of Kambula, Wood did rout the Zulu army. Copy from the library of Boudewijn Büch. With his written annotation on paste-down where & when he bought this book. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Offered for EUR 16.00 = appr. US$ 22.91 by: Zaal Books - Book number: 19343