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Zulu War: Jabulani, Africa, 1879-1882

March 1879 I ran and ran, screaming the worst curses I knew, hurtling completely alone into the enemy lines. There was thunder in my ears, but no lightning struck me down as I threw myself at the red soldiers, lashing out at their faces with my fists. They must have beenamazed to see a Zulu boy suddenly dive into their shallow trenches, but in a moment they'd swarmed over me and pinned me to the ground...For the next hour, while the battle raged around me, I lay struggling under the body of an English soldier as he handed upammunition to his comrades...

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 160
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-439-98107-1
  • EAN
  • 9780439981071
  • Genres
  • diary
  • Release date
  • 2002