Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the Hospital by Jason Askew SIG899C in the Azores

in the Azores

9th Fallschrimjager regiment

Hermann Goering later remarked 'When I saw those Mustangs over Berlin

Signed by Lieutenant Colonel Walter M Drake

Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the Hospital by Jason Askew SIG899C in the AzoresJA2. Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 Defending the Hospital by Jason Askew By about 6pm the Zulu attacks had extended all around the front of the post, and fighting raged at hand to hand along the mealie bag wall. Lieutenant Chard himself took up a position on the barricade, firing over the mealie bags with a Martini Henry, whilst Lieutenant Bromhead directed any spare men to plug the gaps in the line. The men in the yard and on the front wall were