Rorke's Drift & Isandlwana 1879 by Chris Peers

Author:Chris Peers
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780750969697
Publisher: The History Press

Approaching the museum building from the entrance to the Rorke’s Drift site. The building post-dates the battle, but was built on the same foundations and gives a fairly good idea of what the original hospital would have looked like. The original hospital roof was of thatch, later replaced by iron sheets. The site is roughly rectangular, with the long axis running from the entrance at the south-western end to the cattle kraal at the north-east. The defensive positions on this side of the building – usually referred to as the ‘front’ of the post – faced north-westwards towards where the car park is now. The works on the opposite side – the ‘rear’ – looked towards Shiyane Hill. Of course, during the battle the post was entirely surrounded, and the terms ‘front’ and ‘rear’ were largely irrelevant.

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