UNITS OF THE ZULU WAR 1879

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Royal Engineers

April 4, 2021

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The officers if the Royal Engineers were some of the best trained in the 1870s. Responsible for building fortifications, bridges, roads and railways. As well as demolition, surveying ballooning and photography. In the field they also saw action such as Chard at Rorkes Drift. Two companies were sent to Zululand and arrived just two weeks before the war began. They were under strength band relied on native help as sappers and unlike other native help were given out if date redcoats.

Heliograph team used to communicate when the sun was up.

Real Chard Vs movie Chard

Captain Wynne senior engineer attached to Pearson's column and responsible for the design of forts and fortifications built in Zululand. He died of fever during the campaign but and is largely forgotten today but his work was invaluable in the hostile territory