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'Revisiting the battlefield of Isandhlwana', 1879

Hand coloured lantern slide.

When the rest of Lord Chelmsford's column returned to Isandlwana they found the battlefield littered with thousands of corpses. Of the original 1,750 defenders - 1,000 British and 750 black auxiliaries - 1,350 had been killed.

One of 37 hand coloured lantern slides.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1972-03-1-12

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1972-03-1-12

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