A naval contingent from HMS Active, lined up to overawe the Zulu envoys at the presentation of Sir Bartle Frere’s ultimatum, 1878
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2000-12-259-51
Description
A naval contingent from HMS Active, lined up to overawe the Zulu envoys at the presentation of Sir Bartle Frere’s ultimatum, 1878. Photograph from photograph album containing photographs of scenes in India, South Africa, and the Zulu War (1879). John Wesley Shepstone read Sir Bartle Frere’s ultimatum to King Cetshwayo’s envoys at the Lower Thukela Drift on 11 December 1878. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.
Campaigns
Zulu War (1879)
Units
People
