Defence of Rorkes Drift by Lady Elizabeth Butler. AIT98 the latter belching flames before

the latter belching flames before plunging into the bank of the

sword striking in the moment that followed

Flying impossibly low en route to the Sorpe Dam on the night of 16th/17th May 1943 as part of Operation Chastise

Painted in 1895 and was last sold at Sothebys London

After again getting the gun to work

Defence of Rorkes Drift by Lady Elizabeth Butler. AIT98 the latter belching flames beforeDHM2000. Defence of Rorkes Drift by Lady Elizabeth Butler. On January 22nd 1879, during the Zulu War, the small British field hospital and supply depot at Rorkes Drift in Natal was the site of one of the most heroic military defences of all time. Manned by 140 troops of the 24th Regiment, led by Lieutenant John Chard of the Royal Engineers, the camp was attacke by a well trained and well equipped Zulu army of 4000 men, heartened by the great Zulu