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Medical Services and Military Medicine During the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
Medical Services and Military Medicine during the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879. Part 1. By Dr Andres Traverse ____________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction The Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 coincided with the mid-point of an era signifying important changes in the organisation of medical services and delivery of military medicine. During this period, the desperate need for an improved service within both the British army and naval medical establishments, resulted in an evolution. This began with major reforms in the late 1850s, which continued through a long transition period to the Boer war in 1899 and beyond. The changes commenced with the establishment of improved living conditions in the British army and recognition of the need to elevate the standard and delivery of healthcare to the common soldier. This aimed to ensure a higher average standard of fitness and improve the recovery rate among the sick and wounded, especially during Foreign Service. However, the conflicts in South Africa during the late 1870s would test the limits of the medical services in terms of organisation, manpower, efficiency and improvisation. The military medical service was never an attractive proposition, except to the desperate or adventurous minority and for good reason. The status of medical officers began as generally second class soldiers of position within the military establishment, during the mid-nineteenth century. Eventually, with reforms, the dawn of the twentieth century would herald a new beginning, in terms of the importance and recognition of medical officers within the army and navy. The Ninth Frontier war in South Africa signalled the beginning of relentless conflict, of varying degrees, in the region against different tribes. -
Extracts Relating to the Zulu War of 1879
EXTRACTS RELATING TO THE ZULU WAR OF 1879 From THE GRAPHIC, AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1879 EDITOR’S NOTE The extracts in the following pages were made during 2003/4 from my complete collection of original editions of The Graphic, covering the period January to December 1879. Care has been taken to extract every reference having a bearing, directly or indirectly, on the Zulu War. The spelling of personal and place names is the same as used in the original, but there has also been a very wide variety of general spellings, from various journalists. So, for the purpose of clarification of place names, a list of their modern equivalent is set out below. By way of an appendix I have included a treatise on The Zulu Army compiled in 1879 by direction of Lord Chelmsford. A copy of which was made available to me by courtesy of the Durban Municipal Library. It is hoped that a further file of The Graphic pictures can be added to this section in due course. Copyright Debinair Publishing 2005. Permission to use the following material can be obtained from; Debinair Publishing Ltd Sportsman Farm Man of Kent Lane High Halden Kent. TN30 6SY 1 The Graphic; Jan. 4 1879: P.18 In SOUTH AFRICA Cetywayo maintains his sulky attitude, committing himself definitively to neither peace nor war, but it is generally thought that the outbreak of hostilities is only a question of time. The Graphic; Jan. 11, 1879; P.34 Under Foreign – Miscellaneous. In SOUTH AFRICA the preparation for war with the Zulu King Cetywayo continues, though nothing definite has been decided upon. -
Lyceum of Martial and Societal Antediluvian Chronicles
The SAMS Lyceum of Martial and Societal Antediluvian Chronicles An addendum to The SAMS Sporran April 2012 Due to the length of this month’s article there will be no American History Section. Scottish History The Battle at Rorke’s Drift It was the summer between my junior and senior year and my friend Don and I decided to “take in a movie.” So we walked to downtown Hamilton (One might refer to it as the local shopping center. But it was way more than that. It was THE shopping district for the whole area and everybody went there. It was a distance of about a mile. Which really didn’t mean much to us at that time because we walked everywhere. Don said the movie was called Zulu. “What's it about? I asked.” “It's supposed to be a good war movie” was his response. We bought our tickets and found some ‘good’ seats. Now this is a phrase you’ll likely never hear again in your lifetime; “Remember where we came in.” An hour or two later it would be followed by, “Is this where we came in?” Way back then, when you bought your ticket it entitled you to stay in the movie theatre as long as you wanted. They showed the same movie all day long with newsreels and cartoons in between showings. So you might arrive somewhere in the middle of the movie and after the movie ended, you stayed to watch the beginning of the movie. It could give you interesting insights into how movies were made and how characters and the plot developed. -
Map 1 - Western Cape
SA History and Battlefields Map. Historical Events and Battles Within South Africa. Index. Part One. Early Exploration and Settlers. Khoikhoi – Dutch Wars (1650 – 1680) Part Two. Anglo Dutch conflict in Southern Africa (1652 – 1806) Part Three. Dutch and British Colonisation and the Xhosa Frontier Wars (1779 – 1879) Part Four. nDwandwe - Zulu War (1817 – 1819) Part Five. Voortrekker and Zulu Battles (1838 – 1840) Part Six. Anglo - Zulu Wars (1879) Part Seven. The Transvaal War of Independence – 1st Boer War (1880 – 1881) Part Eight. The South African War – 2nd Boer War (1889 – 1902) Part Nine. World War One. Part Ten. The Miners Strike of 1922. Part Eleven. World War Two. Introduction. As an amateur collector of maps and with a love of history in general I thought that it might be useful to have a map depicting historical events pertaining to South Africa from the arrival of the first visitors and settlers to the present day. The following is a very brief description of the historical events that have shaped South Africa. I have also included some events that greatly changed the life of the inhabitants of South Africa such as the discovery of Diamonds and Gold in the interior. By following the events below and referring to the symbols linked to these events on the Excel spreadsheet as a guide the reader can see where the specific history has taken place. The Provincial maps include the symbols and are also listed on the Excel spreadsheet as an easy reference in order to locate their whereabouts. Please note that I am not a writer and the following information has been gleaned from the internet, largely from Wikipedia. -
Military History Group U3A Dorking Newsletter Number 6
14 January 2021 Military History Group U3A Dorking Newsletter Number 6 Meetings via Zoom during Pandemic From Group Leader Barrie Friend Parish Notes Fellow enthusiasts Greetings and good hopes for a speedy permanent change in direction of those wretched Covid graphs as we remain sensibly isolated and the vaccine’s effect starts to show. Our monthly talks will continue on Zoom for a little while longer yet and we will be introducing more guest speakers. Our January Zoom talk was well attended by over forty members and guests. You gave our first guest speaker, Mike Smith, a warm welcome and positive comments on his talk on The Battle of Gallipoli 1915/16. One of the guests invited to hear the talk was Mike Fox, U3A’s Military History Advisor, and member of the U3A Banstead group. 1 He has sent a link to his talk on Arnhem which includes errors in the film A Bridge too Far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTUC79o4Kmc We look forward to his support in the coming months. Another guest invited was our speaker’s cousin, Valerie Steele, who lives in New Zealand showing the reach of Zoom as a powerful communication tool. Maybe Dorking U3A can claim to be the first British U3A group which has a New Zealand ‘Chapter’? New Zealand has some 84 U3A groups across both North and South Islands and viewing their website www.u3a.nz makes for extremely interesting reading. In The Great War the troops from New Zealand were described as ‘coming from the furthest ends of the earth’ to fight for king and country and further support came from Britain’s other colonies and dominions. -
Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars
HISTORICAL DICTIONARIES OF WAR, REVOLUTION, AND CIVIL UNREST Jon Woronoff, Series Editor 1. Afghan Wars, Revolutions, and Insurgencies, by Ludwig W. Ada- mec. 1996. Out of print. See No. 30. 2. The United States–Mexican War, by Edward H. Moseley and Paul C. Clark Jr. 1997. 3. World War I, by Ian V. Hogg. 1998. 4. The United States Navy, by James M. Morris and Patricia M. Kearns. 1998. 5. The United States Marine Corps, by Harry A. Gailey. 1998. 6. The Wars of the French Revolution, by Steven T. Ross. 1998. 7. The American Revolution, by Terry M. Mays. 1999. 8. The Spanish-American War, by Brad K. Berner. 1998. 9. The Persian Gulf War, by Clayton R. Newell. 1998. 10. The Holocaust, by Jack R. Fischel. 1999. 11. The United States Air Force and Its Antecedents, by Michael Rob- ert Terry. 1999. 12. Civil Wars in Africa, by Guy Arnold. 1999. Out of print. See No. 34. 13. World War II: The War Against Japan, by Anne Sharp Wells. 1999. 14. British and Irish Civil Wars, by Martyn Bennett. 2000. 15. The Cold War, by Joseph Smith and Simon Davis. 2000. 16. Ancient Greek Warfare, by Iain Spence. 2002. 17. The Vietnam War, by Edwin E. Moïse. 2001. 18. The Civil War, by Terry L. Jones. 2002. 19. The Crimean War, by Guy Arnold. 2002. 20. The United States Army: A Historical Dictionary, by Clayton R. Newell. 2002. 21. Terrorism, Second Edition, by Sean K. Anderson and Stephen Sloan. 2002. 22. The Chinese Civil War, by Edwin Pak-wah Leung.