angielski: The defence of Rorke's Drift 1879
angielski:
The defence of Rorke's Drift 1879
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Painting of the Battle of Rorke's Drift which took place in Natal during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. De Neuville based the painting on eye witness accounts and it depicts several events of the battle occurring at once. Defenders depicted in the painting:
- Lieutenant John Chard (to the right at the barrier in pale breeches with rifle)
- Corporal Scammell of the Natal Native Contingent incorrectly shown in the uniform of the 24th or Corporal William Allen (handing cartridges to Chard)
- Corporal Ferdinand Schiess (wearing a bandoleer and stabbing a Zulu at the barrier with his bayonet)
- Chaplain George Smith (bearded man handing out cartridges from a haversack)
- Acting Assistant Commissary James Dalton (sat in foreground with a wounded shoulder)
- Surgeon James Reynolds (attending to Dalton's wound)
- Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead (standing in the centre of the painting pointing to his left)
- Private Frederick Hitch (standing behind Bromhead)
- Private Henry Hook (carrying Private John Connolly on his back away from the burning hospital)
- Assistant Commissary Walter Dunne (to the left holding a biscuit box)
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Public domain
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