NAM.1968-07-386-8-12

Rough watercolour sketch of the Battle of Isandlwana, 1879 (c). Annotated on the back 'this is only a rough copy as several features are slightly incorrect N.A' - the initials could be those of Surgeon-Major Nathaniel Alcock (1839-1904), who served in Southern Africa during 1878, but was reported by Chelmsford on 8 February 1879 to have been invalided. From a collection of letters and papers relating to the advance of the Centre Column (No 3) under Col Glyn into Zululand, including the Battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, to June 1879, 1878-1879. From papers of General Lord Chelmsford, relating to his command of the Army at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 1877-1879, including the 9th Cape Frontier War (1877-1879) and the Zulu War (1879). Arranged by Maj Gen M W E Gossett, Lord Chelmsford's Principal Aide De Camp during the Zulu War (1879). Available on microfilm only.

Isandlwana, Battle of, 1879 (Zulu War 1879)