On the same day, 145 South Wales Borderers held off another Zulu army attack at nearby Rorke's Drift where 17 Britons and 450 Zulu's died. This weekend marks two days of battle re-enactment ...

1849 marked the last year of the Great Famine and while Athy had suffered none of the losses of the population as suffered on the western seaboard in the south of Ireland, deaths in the Athy Workhouse ...

The anniversary is always a great tourist attraction and visiting soldiers from the UK are expected to be in attendance.

the leader of the Zulu nation during the 1879 war against the British army. To many, the father of 28 children from six wives embodied the honouring of time-held cultural practices. A feature of ...

Nicknamed the "Zulu Cobra," it features advanced target ... Produced by Graham Flanagan Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Military & Defense One of the most powerful and versatile weapons ...

He was a direct descendent of King Cetshwayo, who led the Zulu nation in the war with the British army in 1879. His subjects' deeply entrenched spirituality means that even as they mourn ...