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BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)<br />
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Poster for the 1964 movie Zulu.<br />
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A newly-discovered British soldier's gripping Zulu War diary has emerged for sale for £4,000.<br />
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The memoirs of the unknown member of the Royal Engineers includes references to the remarkable rearguard at Rorke's Drift.<br />
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There, a 140-strong British garrison defied all odds to defend their mission station from 4,000 marauding Zulu Warriors in 1879.<br />
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The diary also has graphic descriptions of atrocities committed at the earlier battle of Isandlwana.

BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)
Pic: Paramount

Poster for the 1964 movie Zulu.

A newly-discovered British soldier's gripping Zulu War diary has emerged for sale for £4,000.

The memoirs of the unknown member of the Royal Engineers includes references to the remarkable rearguard at Rorke's Drift.

There, a 140-strong British garrison defied all odds to defend their mission station from 4,000 marauding Zulu Warriors in 1879.

The diary also has graphic descriptions of atrocities committed at the earlier battle of Isandlwana.