In 1878 southern Africa's two most senior figures, army commander General Lord Chelmsford and the High Commissioner Sir Henry Bartle-Frere created a false threat of a Zulu invasion of British Natal. In an astonishing act of over-confidence and without any government permission, Frere and Chelmsford invaded Zululand with five independent columns of troops. Both leaders ignored the serious implications of their two recently failed expeditions against the Zulus' neighbouring King Sekhukhune and his Pedi people. The Zulu war lasted only six months and witnessed two separate British invasions of Zululand ? one catastrophic, one successful. This book gives the reader a general overview of the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 with descriptive text, location photographs and illuminating map overviews of the twelve main battles including Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift. The author's unique maps are based on his own lecture notes and 'battlefield map handouts' as a Zulu War battlefield guide for over 25 years. These maps were avidly collected by his many groups and other guides; they clearly explain each battlefield's layout and sequence of events but also included many little known details of each fierce and bloody engagement. At the suggestion of the Anglo Zulu War Historical Society, these maps are now reproduced in book form. While volumes have been written on the subject, this work gives us an even better insight into these gruelling and complex battles. AUTHOR: For over 25 years former army officer Adrian Greaves has been a popular and accredited Zulu War battlefield guide originally with Holts' Battlefield Tours then operating from David Rattray's famous Zululand Fugitives' Drift Lodge. He has lectured in South Africa, America and across the UK and has given both BBC TV and radio interviews. He has over twenty published books to his credit many with Pen and Sword including Forgotten Battles of the Zulu War, Isandlwana and, most recently Albert Speer: Escaping the Gallows. After leaving the Army he joined Kent Police achieving high rank. A qualified clinical psychologist, his hobbies included mountaineering and he and two friends successfully climbed the Eiger north wall. In 1984 he led an armed police team to quell a violent mutiny on a tanker in the English Channel. 50 colour, 30 b/w illustrations
