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He was left in command of the 1st Battalion of the 24th Regiment Of Foot (later the South Wales Borderers ) behind to guard the camp at Isandlwana , while the campaign commander Lord Chelmsford took the rest of his forces away to where he believed the Zulus to be, while they were really planning to attack Isandlwana. The entire Zulu army attacked the British camp. Pulleine's 1,400 soldiers were totally overwhelmed. The Zulus took no prisoners and killed any they could including Pulleine. The Battle of Isandlwana was the worst defeat suffered by the British army in 150 years. OTHER LINKS -See Battle Of Isandlwana -See Rorke's Drift -See the film Zulu -See the film Zulu Dawn (about Battle of Isandlwna) |
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