The British successfully thwart the Zulu attack at Rorke’s Drift
… Chelmsford, commander of the British forces, took over the buildings of the Swedish Mission at Rorke's Drift, near … Bromhead, immediately barricaded and loop-holed the buildings. They used two wagons, biscuit-boxes and … to British soldiers. A bronze plaque was erected by the Historical Monuments Commission in 1954 in honour of the …