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A Note on Firearms in the Zulu Kingdom with Special Reference to the Anglo-Zulu War, 18... - 1 views

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  • The diaries of the English traders who arrived in the kingdom in the latter part of the i820S point to a widespread fear of firearms on the part of Shaka's subjects-a fear not necessarily related to the missiles the guns discharged, but to the noise and smoke they emitted when fired
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      J.J GUY has written about the ZULU people's reaction towards the sound of gunfire and the smoke it emitted. Shaka's subject were frightened by these
  • Both Shaka and Dingane showed a keen interest in firearms, and visitors recorded a number of conversations they had with the Zulu kings on the relative merits of Zulu and European arms, and the tactics the Zulu should adopt against a force armed with guns
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      The Zulu kings had an interest in firearms
  • and the tactics the Zulu should adopt against a force armed with guns. Conventional Zulu tactics aimed at direct physical contact with the enemy, where the soldiers could use their basic weapon, the short stabbing spear, in conjunction with the hide shield. In battle every effort was made to enclose the enemy: as the Zulu approached their opponents, flanking movements-the 'horns'-were thrown out so that the enemy would be surrounded when the main body of troops -the 'chest'-charged. Th
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      Zulu tactics required physical contact which was very flexible during fighting
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  • nd, the Voortrekkers indulged in sham fights, charges, and massed firing at the gallop in an attempt to impress the Zulu with their strengt
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      who were the voortrekkers and why were they called voortrkkers
  • In the four major expeditions mounted against the Zulu during I839, there is no evidence in the published sources that the Zulu either departed from their conventional tactics as a response to their enemies' use of firearms, or made use of firearms themselves
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      which four expeditions are they referring to ?
  • Zulu numerical superiorit
  • was not sufficient in itself to overcome heavy fire from a strongly defended position. It is
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      Although the Zulu kingdom had a large number of soldiers, they were weak against fire arms
  • It was in the late I 86os that really significant numbers of firearms began to come into Zululand.
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      Zululand started acquiring firearms
  • Ulundi,
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      Ulundi still exists to this day in ZULULAND
  • f Zululand in I879 noted that the Zulu 'method of marching,
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      these firearms were in reference with the war the Zulu kingdom was finding new ways to win the war
  • 'Prussian' rifles and Tower musket
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      these are types of guns
  • he battle of Ulundi was fought on 4 July when Chelmsford, his supply line dangerously extended, marched a huge square of 5,ooo men to open ground near Ulundi. The Zulu attacked but did not reach the square, and cavalry put the survivors to flight. After burning the royal homestead, Chelmsford hurriedly withdrew.
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      A WAR TOOK PLACE ON THE 4TH OF JULY
  • Throughout the war the Zulu made use of firearms, although their role was always subordinate to that of the stabbing spear. As the impi worked its way into a position to charge, long-range, generally inaccurate fire was aimed at the enemy. One of the few whites who witnessed the attack at Isandlwana and survived wrote:
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      Zululand had acquired the skills of using firearms
  • Obviously, the number and the quality of the weapons they possessed must have played a part in their ineffectual firing of, and lack of confidence in the weapon, but, even with the guns they had, the Zulu could have used them to greater advantage if they had not been subordinated to traditional tactics.
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      the Zululand did not have much faith in their weapons
  • annihilation
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      what exactly does this mean does it mean the defeat?
  • 5 Morris writes that the Zulu soldiers who withdrew from Rorke's Drift were 'exhausted and starving to boot. On the move continually since leaving Ulundi six days earlier, they had consumed their reduced campaign rations during the first two da
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      Shaka's troops were starving
  • Cetshway
    • nicolendeleni
      nicolendeleni on 25 Apr 23
       
      who was Cetshwayo
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