We are now coming to near the end of the war and the tide has now turned in favour of the British The battle was fought on 2nd April 1879, where Lord Chelmsford defeated a Zulu army on his route to overwhelming the Zulu nation at Ulundi. However, before he could get to Cetshwayo at Ulundi Chelmsford first had to rescue Colonel Pearson’s Number One Column that lay isolated in a fortified position at Eshowe…

There is a lonely grave out in Zululand some eight miles north of Hlobane Mountain. …

“Impi, wo nansimpi yeza, Wobani bengathinta ma bubhesi?” “Who is going (to be stupid enough) to touch the lions? Step forward Captain Reginald Younghusband and his “C” Company.

The analysis of the latest data released by the Office for National Statistics demonstrates once again very clear that the desperate “Brexit isn’t working” narrative of the Rejoiner campaigns is nothing more than fake news. The latest example is the number of active businesses in the UK, which has risen…

In the greater accounts of battles, the small and personal incidents are often overlooked — but these bring out the human side of what men on the battlefields were experiencing. And bring the account alive. Account by Surgeon-Major Reynolds Defence of Rorkes Drift At 1.30 a large body of natives…

On Monday, Serbia positioned self-propelled 155 mm gun-howitzers near the border with Kosovo

President Macron has blamed the problem of illegal immigration across the English Channel on the UK, saying “There is no legal immigration route” — which encouraged people to hunt out people traffickers. Now he’s attacking the UK for not doing enough to help Ukrainians. The evidence shows both accusations are wrong Analysed the figures to show there…

I look at the ‘wake-up’ call of Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014 and how the UK responded. UK defending the EU against Putin’s Russia https://graham100200.medium.com/the-uk-is-leading-the-charge-in-protecting-the-eus-territory-and-not-being-paid-to-do-it-a73daae46e88 How the UK is protecting the eastern EU border down to Romania (this report) How the UK is protecting the EU’s southern flank in the Mediterranean (to come)

The hypocrisy of open border globalists knows no bounds As critics — including the UNHCR — attack Johnson and Patel for planning to use Rwanda to house illegal migrants, the hypocrisy of globalists just keeps growing. It transpires that the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has itself used Rwanda and Niger to house refugees. And it was…

Take a look at the French Empire second to the British Empire. Take a good look and you will find this..

After Russia invaded sovereign Ukraine territory, Europe needs focus and solidarity of purpose — but it seems the EU would rather be divisive The EU’s aggressive expansionist approach is widely accepted as being a contributory factor to the Ukraine crisis of 2014 that resulted in Russia annexing Crimea. Now its response to Russian aggression is incoherent, with Germany and France disagreeing with other members.

EU data shows its less than 850,000 Brits out of 65 million. A mere drop in the Ocean considering Remain always site freedom of movement as one of the reasons to stay in the EU. However, the same EU data shows 4½ times as many EU citizens live in the UK. almost 6 million citizens from the EU27 countries live in the UK, according to official EU statistics. Today I bring you the news of the reverse side of this story only 850,000 UK citizens…

Farmers beef about the Aussie trade deal, but the EU sells us 150,000 tons/yr with no tariffs. How does that help our farmers? The UK already imports massive quantities of beef from the EU — why not buy from Australia instead? By the way, for those that say it comes all that way frozen or chilled so does the Beef from the EU. On Monday in the Commons, MPs debated the new Australian and New Zealand free trade deals (FTAs). MPs from farming communities rushed to condemn the new FTAs, but…

Tomb of the unknown soldier. November 11th every year we British remember our fallen Warriors at cenotaphs all over our nation. From the smallest village to the largest city our people gather around cenotaphs to remember our fallen from every war since the Great War of 1914/1918.

There were many World War 1 poets like Wilfred Owen above. However, this one poem by John McCrae started the ball rolling and set the foundation for Poppie Day

They would face 4,000 terrifying Zulu warriors who had seen their fellow warriors slaughter 1700 British and Natal soldiers just a few hours before they reached the Rorkes Drift outpost where they knew more soldiers were working. They fought their battle and survived the onslaught, eleven would receive the Victoria…

What's the truth about Churchill and the Bengal famine. The truth might surprise you. The truth — documented by Sir Martin Gilbert and Hillsdale College — is that Churchill did everything he could in the midst of world war to save the Bengalis; and that without him the famine would…

It seems it might all be unravelling for Meghan and Harry. Gripping television it may have been, as Harry set about his family with an at times cold and ruthless detachment, but viewers were entitled to ask — and to expect — that these assertions would be questioned. In the space of almost 90 minutes, the reputations of the monarchy and…

Lt John Rouse Merriot Chard, VC, one of the heroes of Rorke’s Drift, together with a group of other officers from the Royal Engineers. Chard is wearing his Decoration. The Zulu war was one of the most violent wars that the British had fought with no quarter given by the…

While the 1807 act made trading in slaves illegal, there had been little consideration about how best to enforce the legislation. A quarter of all Africans who were enslaved in the period 1500–1870 were transported across the Atlantic after 1807. …