Everyone knows about Rorke’s Drift but hardly anyone knows about the main show at Isandlwana. What a horrifying deal that was (from the British POV).
Both were well documented in a Flashman book, called “Flashman and the Tiger”. As will with all of the Flashman books, the research is pretty good..
Watch ZULU DAWN with Burt Lancaster and Peter O’Toole. It covers Islandwana very well.
Two Soldiers in the firing line talk while shooting.
Soldier 1 speaks well of the .557 Martini rifle and how the bullets smash ‘em, flatten out!
Soldier 2 says... “The bullets give out! The bloody spears don’t!”