The Journals
The Anglo Zulu War Historical Society’s Journals have already included numerous freshly researched articles which have received wide acclaim. All Journals are now published on-line in our members's section.

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New - and existing - members may purchase back copies (2 Journals for each year since 1997) for the discounted price of £10 each, subject to availability, plus £2 p&p if you are inside the UK or plus £4 p&p if you are outside the UK.

Numerous further articles are being prepared, these include such matters as battlefield and battle reviews, consideration of the War’s leading figures, the effect of the war on the Zulu Nation and to the subsequent breakdown of Zululand. The Journals will enable anyone with an interest in the Anglo Zulu War to gain a full insight into the campaign with much of the material now presented having been researched using current methods.

New members will receive free the final two printed editions of Journals 15 and 16. All subsequent Journals are available to members on line.

Subjects covered so far include;

The first twenty-five Journals of The Anglo Zulu war Historical Society.
 
Inaugural Journal - June 1997

• The Illustrate London News comments
• A study of the origins of the Zulu nation and its development until the war in 1879
• An overview of the Boer Great Trek to explain the origins of European settlement in Zululand
• An account of the first major conflict and tactics between the Boers and Zulu at Blood River
• An examination of the causes of the Anglo Zulu War of 1879
• Victoria Crosses of the Anglo Zulu War
• A glossary of common Zulu words and military terms encountered during the Anglo Zulu War

Journal Two - December 1997 

• A review of the life of British soldiers and officers during the Zulu war.
• A medical study of injuries, disease and treatment suffered by Zulu and British combatants.
• A comparison of British and Zulu tactics  and logistics and routes of the British invasion of Zululand
• Lord Chelmsford
• Saving the Colour; The escape of Coghill and Melvill from Isandlwana
• A scene of utter confusion; The British defeat at Isandlwana, a modern perspective
• The Zulu Army
• Interview with David Rattray
• The British coastal invasions of Zululand under Col. Pearson and General Crealock

Journal Three - June 1998 (only available as a re-print)

• The Martini Henry Rifle Part 1
• The Martini Henry Rifle Part 2
• What happened to the guns after Isandlwana?
• Isandlwana – new clues
• Isandlwana – Laagering and the Dunbar factor
• Isandlwana – affairs at home
• Origins and Welsh connections of the 24th Regiment
• The Roll of the Rorke’s Drift defenders
• Zulu War medals

Journal Four - December 1998

• Lt. Col. Durnford – An investigation
• Col. Richard Glyn – profile
• The roles of Capt. Stevenson and Rev. Witt
• The Battle of Inyezane
• Interview with Ian Knight
• The Siege of Eshowe
• Colour Sgt. Bourne
• Account by Colour Sgt. Bourne
• The Second Invasion of Zululand
• Popular Entertainment and the Zulu War

Journal Five - June 1999

• Lord Chelmsford’s orders to Column Commanders
• Roads of War – Street names in Nottingham
• Zulu use of firearms
• The Naval Brigade in Zululand
• Captain Alan Gardner
• Lt. Adendorff – hero or coward?
• Maj. Warren Wynn RE
• The Battle of Intombi Drift
• A review of Bishop Colenso’s speech

Journal Six - December 1999 

• Obituary – Norman Holme
• Death of Louis Napoleon
• The disembowelling controversy
• The excavation of an Isandlwana cairn
• King Cetshwayo’s Cup
• Archibald Forbes – war correspondent
• Medical matters
• battle over the trophies of War
• Letters from Lt. Curling
• Impact of white expansionism on the Zulu Nation
• The Battle of Hlobane
• Bishop Colenso’s speech

Journal Seven - June 2000

• psychological perspective of the Prince Imperial
• The 6th and 24th links with Warwickshire
• The story of Zulu War nurse – Nurse Janet Wells
• British and Zulu scouting techniques
• A gentle giant
• The Isandlwana eclipse – another myth?
• An Empress in Zululand
• A lion dishevelled – press reaction to Isandlwana
• The year of 1879
• The Buffalo Border

Journal Eight – December 2000

• Archaeology articles
• Pte. Ashley Goatham’s letter from Zululand
• Redvers Buller
• Pte. Samuel Wassall VC
• History’s lost voices
• Skirmish at Bushman’s Pass
• Melton Prior
• Sir Bartle Frere

Journal Nine – June 2001

• The Battle of Khambula
• Battle Honours
• Author profile – Donald Morris
• Economic Motives for the Anglo Zulu War
• Evelyn Wood
• The Children of Isandlwana
• Mounted Troops in Zululand
• Observations on the film  ZULU
• The Zulu War – its place in history
• The myth of the missing companies

Journal 10 – December 2001

• An Imperial Progress  
• British Cavalry in the Zulu War 
• Durnford’s Coat 
• The Life of John Dunn  
• Sir H Rider Haggard and the Zulu War  
• Running for Cover  
• St Winnow Church in Cornwall 
• The role of the Swazis  
• The role of the Royal Artillery 

                 
Journal 11 – June 2002

• A book review of The Curling Letters.
• Preparations for the British attack on Ulundi.
• Lord Wolseley
• The effectiveness of the Martini-Henry in Zululand.
• South African war artist Jason Askew.
• Secrets of the Dead - Channel 4
• Sir Michael Hicks Beach
• The missing cavalry.
• Carey’s Court Martial
• A review of ZULU DAWN

Journal 12 - December 2003

• Zulu studies; where to from here?
• Mr Dalton
• Dougald McPhail – Isandlwana survivor
• Major Marter
• The British Soldier and the ideology of Empire
• The Buffs
• Zulu Age sets
• The battle of Ulundi
• The Colours saved – again

Journal 13 – June 2003

• Collecting Zulu War Medals
• Born unto trouble - F.R. Statham
• Lord Chelmsford’s Orders 
• Obituary - Donald Morris
• Private Snook and Total War
• Private Thomas Lane VC
• The Diaries of RSM Cheffins
• The case of Col. Davies’ Horse
• The Cochran accounts of Isandlwana
• The Painting Rorke’s Drift by A. De Neuville

Journal 14 – December 2003

• The several captains Barton
• Letters from Charlie Curll
• John Dunn
• Lucky Essex  (Capt. Essex)
• Signalling in the Zulu War
• The many faces of King Cetshwayo
• My escape from the wily Zulu
• The diaries of Pte. Tucker

Journal 15 - June 2004

• The Prince Imperial remembered
• The 125th Anniversary
• After Ulundi
• Trooper Barker – nearly a VC
• Lt. Heaton’s Diary
• Is Lord Chelmsford fit to command?
• The discovery of the Zulu Army
• The discovery of the Zulu bivouac
• Nottingham’s Rorke’s Drift defenders
• Pte. John Brown’s paybook
• The battle of Hlobane
• The defence of Rorke’s Drift

 
Journal 16  - December 2004

• Silences and Omissions  
• The Quiet Sergeant: Henry Edward Gallagher 
• ‘Brave Men Indeed’
• Were the Zulus a real threat...?  
• Signalling in the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879. Part 2  
• Book Review; Saul David’s - Zulu  
• The Rededication of the Graves of Caleb Wood and Robert Tongue 
• In memory of Haig Chelmsford Ntanze
• Colonel Desmond O’Callaghan, R.A.
• Surgeon Major Reynolds - His ‘later life’ view on world politics 
• The Zulu War: A Question   
• Historic  guns restored
• Welsh-language reactions to the Anglo-Zulu War   

Journal 17 – June 2005
• British Perception Of The Zulu Nation 
• Colonial VC’s of the Zulu War  
• Teaching difficulties in Zululand
• Religion among Zulu Teenagers  
• The Mfecane Debate  
• The Natal Colonial Telegraph 
• The Military Connections of Col. A W Durnford  
• Zulu War Nurse 
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Journal 18 – December 2005

• A Letter from Lord Chelmsford  
• Isandlwana A Timetable  
• Scenes of Rorkes Drift
• Sister Janet Part II  
• The Connaught Rangers 
• Chance and the Zulus  

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Journal 19 – June 2006

• A Comparison between the 1876 Sioux Campaign and the Zulu War of 1879 
• Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of football  
• Press confusion over the battles of Hlobane and Kambula  
• The Defence of Helpmakaar  
• Who Killed King Cetshwayo? 

Journal 20 – December 2006

• Hamilton-Browne - Charlatan of Empire  
• Hlobane Plateau on horseback  
• Blue Plaque for King Cetshwayo  
• Men and Horse casualty documentation  
• Sister Janet, Part three  
• The 24th Regiment’s links with the County of Warwickshire  
• Ntombe River incident

Journal 21- June 2007

• A consideration of the adequacy of British military tactics during  the Anglo Zulu War  
• Capture of King Cetshwayo (Cetewayo) – from the recently discovered diaries of Colonel Harford  
• Finding Charlie Harford’s papers. ‘The beetle collector’. 
• Humours of the War - From the Natal Witness 1938
• Funeral Tribute to Mr. David Rattray By Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi MP.
• Sgt. 1313 Thomas Cooper,  an Isandlwana or a Rorke’s Drift casualty? 
• The Union Castle Line  
• What Caused the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879? 

Journal 22 – December 2007

• Anthony Booth VC Hero Of Intombi Drift  
• A Tale in Two letters  
• Commandant George Hamilton-Browne Of The Colonial Forces  
• Thomas Spiller  1859-1906  F Company, 2nd/24th Regiment
• The new Zulu cultural village at Rorke’s Drift  
• The Rev. George Smith and Alphonse De Neuville’s Painting
• The Anglo Zulu War unnecessarily destroyed The Zulu Nation 
• The Last Casualty of the Anglo Zulu War 
• The Welsh question – yet again! 

Journal 23  - June 2008.

• Anticipations of Sport - The impact of the Zulu campaign on the natural world  
• Half Devil and Half Child: British Perceptions of Native Opponents in Southern Africa
• ZULU; The Forces’ favourite war film
• Memoires of Field Marshal Lord Grenfell  
• ‘NOT A HOPE!’ - The incidence of suicide in the Anglo-Zulu War  
• Race, respect and revenge, part 1.   
• A Soldier Artist in Zululand  Review  
• The late Mr Middleton
• The true Legacy Part 1
• The true Legacy part 2
• Rattray killers get life

Journal 24 – December 2008.

• Depicting the Zulu: The British Popular Press’s Presentation of the Zulu People, Chapter Two,
• The Dogs of War
• Extracts from the new Harford book
• Metal thieves damage KZN monument
• Lieutenant Francis Bond RE
• Battlefield - The prize winning essay submitted for the David Rattray Foundation prize
• The pre-defence of Rorke’s Drift.
• The sad tale of Trooper Parson’s Isandlwana Casualty medal.

Journal 25 -  June 2009.

• Fighting in caves 
• Extracts from General Orders 
• The meaning of Isandlwana 
• Snakes in the Zulu War
• English freedom and the Press
• The sad death of Surgeon Major Shepherd

Journal 26 – December 2009.

• The letters of August Hammar
• Commandant Lonsdale’s injuries pre Isandlwana
• The Zulu War achieved little apart from humiliation
• The real Coffin Rock
• Desertions among officers
• Snippits.