20218 - "More Ammo, Man!" Lieutenant John Chard American Civil War was used primarily as a

was used primarily as a two-handed chopping weapon

How foreign it must have been to see a native warrior decorated with war paint emerging from the forest

nicknamed the “Ivy” Division

Both Vincent and O’Rorke gave their lives during the action

Painted in standard U

20218 - "More Ammo, Man!" Lieutenant John Chard American Civil War was used primarily as aMore Ammo, Man! Lieutenant John Chard On 22 January, 32 year old lieutenant John Rouse Merriott Chard set out for Rorkes Drift with the news that Zulus had been spotted moving on the British camp at Isandlwana. Chards engineers eye was crucial. He decided to defend the Drift; it was a wise decision since any attempt to retreat would undoubtedly have exposed the men to a Zulu attack on the open veldt. He directed that a line of barricades be run in